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Author Bilder, Mary Sarah, author.

Title Female genius : Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the dawn of the Constitution / Mary Sarah Bilder
Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction: The Age of the Constitution -- Growing Up Imperial -- Female Genius -- The College and the Forum -- The Exertions of a Female -- The Progress of the Female Mind -- Improving the Female Mind -- Conclusion: Constitutional Exclusion and Example
Summary "A biography of Eliza Harriot Barons O'Connor, an educator whose 1787 Philadelphia public lecture attended by George Washington might have inspired the gender-neutral language of the Constitution. Explores women's public roles and political power following the American Revolution through the early nineteenth century, tracing the story of white and Black women's struggles for education and suffrage at a transformative moment"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 25, 2022)
Subject O'Connor, Eliza Harriot Barons, 1749-1811.
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Friends and associates
SUBJECT Washington, George, 1732-1799 fast
Subject Women -- Education -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Women educators -- United States -- Biography
Women orators -- United States -- Biography
Women -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Friendship
Women -- Education
Women educators
Women orators
Women -- Political activity
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021035782
ISBN 9780813947204
0813947200
Other Titles Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the dawn of the Constitution