| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 194 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Lives of American Women
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Lives of American women.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Series Editor's Foreword; Author's Preface: Reading an Eighteenth-Century Diary; Introduction: The Independence of Rebecca Dickinson; 1. Origins and Awakenings; 2. Entering the Female Economy; 3. A World at War, a Soul at Peace; 4. The Unraveling; 5. Revolutionary Hatfield; 6. Rebellion, Redux; 7. Reproducing the Nation; 8. Singlehood and the ""Bar in the Way""; 9. The ""Most Dark and Puzzling Affair""; 10. Twilight; Conclusion: Remembering Independence; Primary Sources; Study Questions; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Index. |
| Summary |
An engaging look into the life of Rebecca Dickinson and the paradoxes presented by an unmarried woman who earned her own living at the time of the American Revolution. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dickinson, Rebecca, 1738-1815.
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Dickinson, Rebecca, 1738-1815. |
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Women -- Massachusetts -- Hatfield -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
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Women. |
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Massachusetts -- Hatfield. |
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Single women -- Massachusetts -- Hatfield -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
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Single women. |
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Hatfield (Mass.) -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
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Hatfield (Mass.) -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects.
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American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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History.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Miller, Marla. Rebecca Dickinson : Independence for a New England Woman. New York : Westview Press, ©2013 9780813347653 |
| ISBN |
9780813347660 (electronic book) |
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0813347661 (electronic book) |
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9780813347653 (paperback) |
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