Mere Equals: The Paradox of Educated Women in the Early Republic (2012) by Lucia McMahon
Daniel Cade Allen
Abstract:In the New Testament, the book of Timothy instructs all readers to "[l]et the woman learn in silence with all subjection" (Chapter 2, verse 11). The early national period in the United States proved to be an era that extended political and education opportunities to populations that was previously denied them. However, if, as Gordon Wood argues (1991), the revolutionary generation and the early national period that followed were seminal eras in American history for the expansion of democratic ideals, why were … Show more
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