Women of the Republic
Subtitle: intellect and ideology in Revolutionary America
By: Linda K. Kerber.
Publisher: Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Women -- United States -- History.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Description: Women of the Republic views the American Revolution through women's eyes. The result of a seven-year search for women's diaries, letters, and legal records, Kerber describes women's participation in the war, evaluates changes in their education in the late eighteenth century, describes the novels and histories women read and wrote, and analyzes their status in law and society.
Notes: Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia.  Bibliography: p. [289]-293.  Includes index.

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