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"An important book. . . . A model of concise and elegant research and writing."--<i>Journal of the Early Republic</i> <p>"Branson argues convincingly that, contrary to the claims of recent historians, women in the revolutionary era had an identity as women, that many of them were feminists in these years. This book contributes a great deal to the current debate about the meaning of the American Revolution for women."--Sheila Skemp, University of Mississippi</p> <p>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. This newfound atmosphere not only provided women with opportunities to celebrate national occasions outside the home but also enabled them to conceive of possessing specific rights in the young republic and to demand those rights in very public ways.</p> <p>Susan Branson examines t

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Author

Branson, Susan

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812236095

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Sociology, Gender Studies