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Portia: The World of Abigail Adams
Edith B. Gelles
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| #149329 in Books | Edith B Gelles | 1992-12-22 | 1992-12-22 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x.75 x6.12l,.88 | File type: PDF | 256 pages | Portia The World of Abigail Adams||22 of 22 people found the following review helpful.| A fresh look at Abigail|By Crystal|Gelles presents for us Abigail Adams in a new light...the domestic woman. By telling her story thematically (one chapter devoted to her and her sisters, one devoted to her daughter and Abigail jrs fight with breast cancer) we meet a new Abigail...one who is not weighed down by proto-feminist thought, nor is she trying to dominate the home.|.com |This fascinating biography of one of the original first ladies presents a strong character in the context of her eighteenth century and recent feminist thought. Compassionate yet scholarly, intimate yet important, this book offers a refreshing addition t
"... 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...
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