The Journal of Thomas Jefferson's Life and Times
Jefferson and Women
Nonfiction, History, Revolutionary, Biography & Memoir, Political, Americas, United States
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781943642519 | |
| Publisher: | Commonwealth Books of Virginia | Publication: | May 25, 2018 |
| Imprint: | The Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781943642519 |
| Publisher: | Commonwealth Books of Virginia |
| Publication: | May 25, 2018 |
| Imprint: | The Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society |
| Language: | English |
Thomas Jefferson was a radical and visionary when it came to many things—politics, revolutions, constitutions, education, architecture, and agriculture, to name a few—yet he was no visionary when it came to women. There he held conservative views. This edition of The Journal of Thomas Jefferson’s Life and Times is titled “Jefferson and Women.” In it, we look generally at Jefferson’s view of women as well as at several significant relationships that he had with females: e.g., his daughters, Elizabeth Walker, Maria Cosway, Abigail Adams, and Madame de Corny. In the featured essay, Vivienne Kelly and M. Andrew Holowchak offer a critical analysis of the recent “discovery” and reconstruction of slave Sally Hemings’ bedroom in the South Wing of Monticello.
Thomas Jefferson was a radical and visionary when it came to many things—politics, revolutions, constitutions, education, architecture, and agriculture, to name a few—yet he was no visionary when it came to women. There he held conservative views. This edition of The Journal of Thomas Jefferson’s Life and Times is titled “Jefferson and Women.” In it, we look generally at Jefferson’s view of women as well as at several significant relationships that he had with females: e.g., his daughters, Elizabeth Walker, Maria Cosway, Abigail Adams, and Madame de Corny. In the featured essay, Vivienne Kelly and M. Andrew Holowchak offer a critical analysis of the recent “discovery” and reconstruction of slave Sally Hemings’ bedroom in the South Wing of Monticello.
