PORTIA

by Gelles, Edith B.

• ISBN13: 9780253325532
• ISBN10: 0253325536
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-12-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

"... best-of-all-biographies of Abigail Adams... " -- American Historical Review"Portia, a new study of Abigail Adams -- modern feminism's favorite Founding Mother -- is a refreshing change of pace." -- San Francisco Chronicle"... very well done, highly perceptive, and full of fresh ideas." -- Wilson Library Bulletin"... Adams's strength, courage, and wit (as well as her bouts of depression and gender conservatism) emerge more fully than they have in any previous work.... a well-rounded portrait of a remarkable figure."  -- Choice"In this important and fascinating biography, Edith Gelles not only restores Abigail Adams to her rightful place at the center of her own story, she challenges the creaky conventions of 'traditional' male-defined biography." -- Susan Faludi, author of BacklashPortia, the first woman-centered biography of Abigail Adams, details the issues, events, and relationships of Adams's life. It is as much a social and cultural history of Adams's time as it is her life story.

Author Biography

EDITH B. GELLES is a historian and affiliated scholar at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at Stanford.

Table of Contents

acknowledgments
Chronology
Introduction
The Abigail Industry	p. 1
a Tye More Binding .	p. 24
Domestic Patriotism	p. 37
A Virtuous Affair	p. 57
Gossip	p. 72
Faithful Are the Wounds of a Friend	p. 86
The Threefold Cord	p. 104
Mother and Citizen	p. 133
My Closest Companion	p. 150
Epilogue	p. 173
Notes	p. 175
Bibliography	p. 213
Index	p. 225
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