Elizabeth Murray: A Woman's Pursuit of Independence in Eighteenth-Century America

by Patricia Cleary

Book Overview

One of the most compelling figures in colonial America, Elizabeth Murray (1726-1785) was a Scottish immigrant who settled in Boston in her early twenties and took up shopkeeping. For many years, she practiced her trade successfully while marrying three times, once to a much older man who left her an extremely rich widow. This biography chronicles the life of this extraordinary "ordinary" woman who tried to make a place for herself and other women...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558493964
• ISBN13: 9781558493964
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher