Marriage in the early republic
Subtitle: Elizabeth and William Wirt and the companionate ideal
By: Anya Jabour.
Series: Gender relations in the American experience
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: Wirt, E. W. 1784-1857; Wirt, William, 1772-1834; Marriage -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies; Sex role -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies; United States -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1865
Description: William Wirt practiced law in Virginia and Maryland in the early national period and served as attorney general under James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. Elizabeth Wirt managed the household and cared for the Wirts' large family during her husband's frequent work-related absences. For more than three decades, the Wirts struggled to reconcile their different daily pursuits with their commitment to marriage as a partnership of equals.

In Marriage in the Early Republic Anya Jabour explores a marital relationship that brightly illuminates gender relations in nineteenth-century America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-210) and index.