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Portia: The World of Abigail Adams

By Edith B. Gelles

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
1992
ISBN
0253210232, 9780253210234
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16647623 bytes)
Series
N/A
Edition
Reprint
Pages
256\266
Topic
Literature
Time added
2016-10-05 17:58:06
United States;American Revolution;Civil War;US Pre

Description

"... best-of-all-biographies of Abigail Adams... " ―American Historical Review"Portia, a new study of Abigail Adams―modern feminism’s favorite Founding Mother―is a refreshing change of pace." ―San Francisco Chronicle"... very well done, highly perceptive, and full of fresh ideas." ―Wilson Library Bulletin"... Adams’s strength, courage, and wit (as well as her bouts of depression and gender conservatism) emerge more fully than they have in any previous work.... a well-rounded portrait of a remarkable figure."―Choice"In this important and fascinating biography, Edith Gelles not only restores Abigail Adams to her rightful place at the center of her own story, she challenges the creaky conventions of ‘traditional’ male-defined biography." ―Susan Faludi, author of BacklashPortia, the first woman-centered biography of Abigail Adams, details the issues, events, and relationships of Adams’s life. It is as much a social and cultural history of Adams’s time as it is her life story.

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