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The seduction novel genre, of which Charlotte Temple is a part, grew in popularity after the American Revolutionary War. The American Revolution simultaneously gave women more opportunities and agency whilst highlighting the “feminine weakness, delicacy and incapacity”. [ 16 ]
Johnny Tremain is a work of historical fiction written in 1943 by Esther Forbes that is set in Boston prior to and during the outbreak of the American Revolution.Intended for teen-aged readers, the novel's themes include apprenticeship, courtship, sacrifice, human rights, and the growing tension between Patriots and Loyalists as conflict nears.
Pornography and Civil Rights: A New Day for Women's Equality, Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon (1988) [508] "Social Revolution and the Equal Rights Amendment", Joreen (1988) [509] The Heidi Chronicles, Wendy Wasserstein (1988) "Women at the 1988 Democratic Convention", Joreen (1988) [510] The Women's History of the World, Rosalind Miles ...
Pages in category "Novels set during the American Revolutionary War" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Betty Zane's great-grandnephew, the author Zane Grey, wrote a historical novel about her, titled Betty Zane, also republished as The Last Ranger. One of the main events in the story is the tale of Zane's fetching supplies from the family cabin. When Grey could not find a publisher for the book, he published it himself in 1903 using his wife's ...
Die Deutsche Frauen-Zeitung, German-language women's rights journal published by Mathilde Franziska Anneke (1852). [21] [22] [23] What Time of Night It Is, Sojourner Truth (1853) [24] Women's Rights, William Lloyd Garrison (1853) [25] The Una, feminist periodical published by Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis (1853). [26]
These books provide empowering examples of women doing just that: demanding seats when none are offered, crafting their own folding chairs out of whatever materials they can get their hands on ...
"I used The Book of Negroes as the title for my novel, in Canada, because it derives from a historical document of the same name kept by British naval officers at the tail end of the American Revolutionary War. It documents the 3,000 blacks who had served the King in the war and were fleeing Manhattan for Canada in 1783.