A Notorious Woman: Anne Royall in Jacksonian America

by Elizabeth J. Clapp

During her long career as a public figure in Jacksonian America, Anne Royall was called everything from an "enemy of religion" to a "Jackson man" to a "common scold." In her search for the source of such strong reactions, Elizabeth Clapp has uncovered the story of a widely read woman of letters who asserted her right to a political voice without regard to her gender.

Widowed and in need of a livelihood following a disastrous lawsuit over...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813938368
• ISBN13: 9780813938363
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"