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Tables of Contents for Women of the Republic
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
Introduction
The Women's World of the Early Republic
3
10
``Empire of Complacency''
The Inheritance of the Enlightenment
13
20
``Women Invited to War''
Sacrifice and Survival
33
36
``What have I to do with Politicks?''
The Meaning of Female Patriotism
69
46
``She can have no will Different from his''
Revolutionary Loyalties of Married Women
115
22
``Disabilities ... Intended for her Protection''
The Anti-Republican Implications of Coverture
137
20
``Domestic Liberty''
Freedom to Divorce
157
28
``Why should Girls be Learned or Wise?''
Education and Intellect in the Early Republic
185
48
``We own that Ladies Sometimes Read''
Women's Reading in the Early Republic
233
32
The Republican Mother
Female Political Imagination in the Early Republic
265
24
Note on Sources
289
6
Index
295