Liberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750-1800 : with a New Preface
- ISBN-10
- 0801483476
- ISBN-13
- 9780801483479
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Author
- Mary Beth Norton
Description
Explores the lives of colonial women, particularly during the Revolutionary War years, arguing that eighteenth-century Americans had very clear notions of appropriate behavior for females and the functions they were expected to perform, and that most women suffered from low self-esteem, believing themselves inferior to men.
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- 1980
- 384 pages
- Paperback
- Scott Foresman & Company
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