These Fiery Frenchified Dames: Women and Political Culture in Early National Philadelphia

by Susan Branson

Book Overview

On July 4, 1796, a group of women gathered in York, Pennsylvania, to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of American independence. They drank tea and toasted the Revolution, the Constitution, and, finally, the rights of women. This event would have been unheard of thirty years before, but a popular political culture developed after the war in which women were actively involved, despite the fact that they could not vote or hold political office...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812217772
• ISBN13: 9780812217773
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"