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Author McMahon, Lucia.

Title Mere equals : the paradox of educated women in the early American republic / Lucia McMahon.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 228 pages) : illustrations
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : between Cupid and Minerva -- More like a pleasure than a study : women's educational experiences -- Various subjects that passed between two young ladies of America : reconstructing female friendship -- The social family circle : family matters -- The union of reason and love : courtship ideals and practices -- The sweet tranquility of domestic endearment : companionate marriage -- So material a change : revisiting republican motherhood -- Conclusion : education, equality, or difference.
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Subject Women -- Education -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Women -- Education.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Women -- Education -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
Women.
Social conditions.
Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 1700-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Other Form: Print version: McMahon, Lucia. Mere equals. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012 9780801450525 (DLC) 2012009966 (OCoLC)783861914
ISBN 0801465885 (electronic book)
9780801465888 (electronic book)
9780801450525 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0801450527 (cloth ; alkaline paper)