Women and Politics in North America: The Experience of Abigail Adams

This paper highlights the ambiguities of the role and place of women in North American society at the end of the 18th century, through the correspondence of Abigail Adams, wife of the second President of the United States of America. The British colonies of North America experienced rapid social and...

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Main Author: Linda Garbaye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2014-04-01
Series:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/66603