Women of the Constitution

Janice E. McKenney

doi:10.5771/9780810884991

Summary

Women of the Constitution follows in the footsteps of the 1912 work The Wives of the Signers, which was devoted to biographical sketches of the spouses of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. This new publication will be the first work devoted exclusively to brief biographies of the forty-three wives of the signers of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787.

Each entry includes vital information, where known—such as birth, parents, marriage, children, and death—as well as a footnoted biography with its own bibliography. Also provided are illustrations of many of the wives and their homes, as well as an appendix describing the now historic residences in which the signers and their spouses resided.

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Copyright year: 2012
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8108-8498-4
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8108-8499-1
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 242
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Illustrations No access
3. Preface No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
Ann (Nancy) Ennals Bassett No access Pages 1 - 4
Elizabeth (Betsy) Garnett Bassett No access Pages 5 - 8
Jane (Jenny) Ballareau Parker Bedford No access Pages 9 - 12
Jean Blair Blair No access Pages 13 - 16
Mary (Molsey) Grainger Blount No access Pages 17 - 22
Elizabeth (Betsy) Higbee Brearley No access Pages 23 - 24
Elizabeth Mullen Brearley No access Pages 25 - 28
Rachel Pierce Broom No access Pages 29 - 32
Mary (Polly) Middleton Butler No access Pages 33 - 36
Eleanor Carroll Carroll No access Pages 37 - 40
Elizabeth Meredith Clymer No access Pages 41 - 46
Susan Williamson Dayton No access Pages 47 - 50
Mary (Polly) Norris Dickinson No access Pages 51 - 58
Catherine (Kitty) Nicholson Few No access Pages 59 - 62
Catharine Meade Fitzsimons No access Pages 63 - 66
Deborah (Debby) Read Rogers Franklin No access Pages 67 - 72
Rebecca Call Gorham No access Pages 73 - 76
Elizabeth (Betsey) Schuyler Hamilton No access Pages 77 - 82
Elizabeth (Betsy) Pettit Ingersoll No access Pages 83 - 88
Ann Beach Johnson No access Pages 89 - 92
Mary Brewster Beach Johnson No access Pages 93 - 96
Mary Alsop King No access Pages 97 - 102
Elizabeth (Betsy) Sherburne Langdon No access Pages 103 - 108
Susannah French Livingston No access Pages 109 - 114
Dolley Payne Todd Madison No access Pages 115 - 120
Margaret (Peggy) Caldwell McHenry No access Pages 121 - 124
Sarah (Sally) Morris Mifflin No access Pages 125 - 130
Ann (Nancy) Cary Randolph Morris No access Pages 131 - 136
Mary (Molly) White Morris No access Pages 137 - 142
Cornelia Bell Paterson No access Pages 143 - 146
Euphemia (Affa) Morris White Paterson No access Pages 147 - 150
Mary (Polly) Eleanor Laurens Pinckney No access Pages 151 - 154
Sarah (Sally) Middleton Pinckney No access Pages 155 - 158
Mary Stead Pinckney No access Pages 159 - 162
Gertrude (Gitty) Ross Till Read No access Pages 163 - 166
Elizabeth Grimke Rutledge No access Pages 167 - 170
Elizabeth Hartwell Sherman No access Pages 171 - 174
Rebecca Prescott Sherman No access Pages 175 - 178
Mary (Polly) Jones Leech Spaight No access Pages 179 - 182
Martha (Patsy) Dandridge Custis Washington No access Pages 183 - 186
Maria Apthorp Williamson No access Pages 187 - 190
Rachel Bird Wilson No access Pages 191 - 196
Hannah Gray Wilson Bartlett No access Pages 197 - 202
Appendix. HISTORIC HOUSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE WIVES OF THE SIGNERS No access Pages 203 - 218
Index No access Pages 219 - 240
About the Author No access Pages 241 - 242