George Washington lived in an age of revolutions, during which he
faced political upheaval, war, economic change, and social shifts.
These revolutions affected American women in profound ways, and the
women Washington knew—personally, professionally, and
politically—lived lives that reveal these multifaceted
transformations. Although Washington often operated in
male-dominated arenas, he participated in complex and meaningful
relationships with women from across society. A lively and
accessibly written volume, Women in George Washington’s World
highlights some of the women—Black and white, free and
enslaved—whom Washington knew. Women who admired and memorialized
him, women who provided him love and solace, women who frustrated
him, and women who worked for or against him—all of these women
are chronicled through their own experiences and identities. The
essays, written by established and emerging historians of gender,
reveal the lives of a diverse group of women, including plantation
mistresses and enslaved workers, Loyalists and Patriots, poets and
socialites, as well as mothers, wives, and sisters. Collectively,
women emerge as strong actors during the American Revolution and
its aftermath, not merely passive spectators or occasional
participants. Although usually not on battlefields or in government
offices, women made choices and acted in ways that affected their
own, their families’, and sometimes even the nation’s future.
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