Liberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750-1800 : with a New PrefaceCornell University Press, 1996 - 384 páginas First published in 1980, Liberty's Daughters is widely considered a landmark book on the history of American women and on the Revolution itself. Norton brilliantly portrays a dramatic transformation of women's private lives in the wake of the Revolution. This fascinating human story includes lively anecdotes and revealing details from the personal papers of 450 eighteenth-century families. - Publisher. |
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