Women in George Washington's world

Women in George Washington's world

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2022.

x, 254 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

923.173 W318wome 2022 MB

(OCoLC)1280600104

Contents: The Mother of the Father: Memorializing Mary Washington in Antebellum Virginia / Kate Haulman -- "She Did Not Come Up to 'Ole Mistis' in Mammy's Eyes!": Relationships between the Women, Enslaved and Free, of Mount Vernon / Mary V. Thompson -- Service and Sacrifice: Martha Washington / Lynn Price Robbins -- "The Tender Heart of the Chief Could Not Support the Scene": General Washington, Margaret -- Arnold, and the Treason at West Point / Charlene M. Boyer Lewis -- George Washington and Phillis Wheatley: The Indispensable Man and the Poet Laureate of the American Revolution / James Basker -- Abigail Adams and the President's Portrait / Sara Georgini -- "You Are Welcome to Eat at Her Table": Elizabeth Willing Powel's World of Philadelphia / Samantha Snyder -- "I Had Friends among the Colored People of the Town": The Enslaved Women of the President's Household and Philadelphia's African American Community / George W. Boudreau -- Invalid Juggernaut: Ann Pamela Cunningham and Her Quest to Save George Washington's Mount Vernon / Ann Bay Goddin.|"The essays reveal the lives of a diverse group of women, from plantation mistresses to enslaved workers, loyalists and patriots, poets and socialites, as well as mothers, wives, and sisters. Figures discussed include Mary Ball Washington, Martha Washington, Margaret Arnold, Phillis Wheatley, Abigail Adams, Elizabeth Willing Powel, Moll Judge, Ona Judge, Ann Pamela Cunningham, as well as members of the Washington and Custis families and women workers enslaved by them"--Provided by publisher.|Includes bibliographical references and index.|L2022M96

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