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The Selected Letters Of Dolley Payne Mad
Dolly Madison
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Description for The Selected Letters Of Dolley Payne Mad
Hardback. From Quaker beginnings to the excitement and challenges of life as the First Lady, Dolley Payne Todd Madison (1768-1849) led an extraordinary life. This selection of her letters illuminates the story of the women widely credited with setting the standard for successive political Washington women. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 835.
From modest Quaker beginnings as the child of financially insecure parents and the wife of a stolid young lawyer to the excitement and challenges of life as the nation's first First Lady - arguably the most influential role in the American government's formative years - Dolley Payne Todd Madison (1768-1849) led an extraordinary life. David B. Mattern and Holly C. Shulman have culled a particularly rich selection of her letters to illuminate the story of the woman widely credited with setting the standard for successive generations of Washington's political women. This collection will prove an invaluable resource in current political ... Read more
From modest Quaker beginnings as the child of financially insecure parents and the wife of a stolid young lawyer to the excitement and challenges of life as the nation's first First Lady - arguably the most influential role in the American government's formative years - Dolley Payne Todd Madison (1768-1849) led an extraordinary life. David B. Mattern and Holly C. Shulman have culled a particularly rich selection of her letters to illuminate the story of the woman widely credited with setting the standard for successive generations of Washington's political women. This collection will prove an invaluable resource in current political ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813921525
SKU
V9780813921525
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About Dolly Madison
David B. Mattern is Senior Associate Editor of the Papers of James Madison and the editor of James Madison's ""Advice to My Country"" (Virginia). Holly C. Shulman is Research Associate Professor, Studies in Women and Gender, at the University of Virginia.
Reviews for The Selected Letters Of Dolley Payne Mad
A fascinating and readable collection that provides ready access to the most important items of Dolley Madison's correspondence. The result is a volume that gives both the scholar and the general reader an indelible portrait of this significant participant in the shaping of the United States during its early days as a nation. - Lewis Gould, author of American First ... Read more