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Norton, Mary Beth.

Separated by their sex women in public and private in the colonial Atlantic world / [electronic resource] : Mary Beth Norton. - Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2011. - xxi, 247 p. : ill., ports.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Lady Frances Berkeley and Virginia politics, 1675-1678 -- Mistress Alice Tilly and her supporters, 1649-1650 -- English women in the public realm, 1642-1653 -- Mistress Elinor James and her broadsides, 1681-1714 -- John Dunton and the invention of the feminine private -- Mistress Sarah Kemble Knight and her journal, 1704 -- Women and politics, eighteenth century style -- Lady Chatham and her correspondents, 1740s-1760s -- Consolidating the feminine private -- Conclusion : defining "women."


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 9780801460890 (electronic bk.)

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women--History.--United States
Women--History.--Great Britain
Women in public life--History.--United States
Women in public life--History.--Great Britain

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HQ1416 / .N67 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 305.40973/09032