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Martha Bradstreet and the “Epithet of Woman”: A Story of Land, Libel, Litigation, and Legitimating “Unwomanly” Behavior in the Early Republic.

Drawing on a trove of recently discovered primary documents, this microhistorical essay reconstructs the life and legal experiences of Martha Bradstreet, a woman of some pedigree but limited means, who emigrated from Ireland in 1799 to recover a lost landed inheritance in central New York. Over the...

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Published in:Early American Studies, An Interdisciplinary Journal Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 544 - 586
Main Author: BLAAKMAN, MICHAEL A.
Format: Essay
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press Summer2015
Subjects:
Bradstreet, Martha
Women immigrants
Divorce
Gender role
Legal status of women
Credit
Property
New York state history
History
United States
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