TY  - BOOK
AU  - Skemp,Sheila L.
TI  - First Lady of Letters: Judith Sargent Murray and the Struggle for Female Independence
T2  - Early American Studies
SN  - 9780812203523
AV  - PS808.M8 
U1  - 818/.209 B 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press
KW  - Murray, Judith Sargent,-1751-1820
KW  - Authors, American-18th century-Biography
KW  - Authors, American-19th century-Biography
KW  - Feminism and literature-United States-History-18th century
KW  - Feminism and literature-United States-History-19th century
KW  - Feminists-United States-Biography
KW  - Women and literature-United States-History-18th century
KW  - Women and literature-United States-History-19th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I. Rebellions: 1769-1784 -- Chapter 1: "This Remote Spot" -- Chapter 2: Universal Salvation -- Chapter 3: Independence -- Chapter 4: Creating a Genteel Nation -- Part II. Republic of Letters: 1783-1798 -- Chapter 5: "Sweet Peace" -- Chapter 6: A Belle Passion -- Chapter 7: A Wider World -- Chapter 8: A Career of Fame -- Chapter 9: "A School of Virtue" -- Chapter 10: Federalist Muse -- Part III. Retreat: 1798-1820 -- Chapter 11: "We Are Fallen on Evil Times" -- Chapter 12: Republican Daughters, Republican Sons -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- List of Archival Sources -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments
N2  - Thanks to the recent discovery of Judith Sargent Murray's papers--including some 2,500 personal letters--Sheila L. Skemp has documented the compelling story of a talented and most unusual eighteenth-century woman
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ER  -