Parlor politics : in which the ladies of Washington help build a city and a government

Author(s)

• Allgor, Catherine

Bibliographic Information

Parlor politics : in which the ladies of Washington help build a city and a government

Catherine Allgor

（Jeffersonian America）

University Press of Virginia, c2000

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-284) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A study of the role of women in early American political history. Catherine Allgor demonstrates that the Republican values so central to the ideology of the post-Revolutionary era actually required the presence of women to permit the federal government to function.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA52291599
• ISBN:
  • 0813919983
• LCCN: 00033415
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Charlottesville
• Pages/Volumes: 299 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HQ1236.5.U6
  • DC21 : 305.42/09753/09034
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Women in politics -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Upper class women -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Entertaining -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA45579724