“The Contrast“, which premiered at New York City's John Street Theater in 1787, was the first American play performed in public by a professional theater company. The play, written by New England-born
In the first biography of Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter, the author looks at her life as hostess at the President's House and Monticello, where she debated such issues as slavery, religion and de
Including among their number a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the founder of an ironworks, the Livingstons were a prominent family in the political, economic, and social life of colonia
Much has been written about the "southern lady," that pervasive and enduring icon of antebellum regional identity. But how did the lady get on her pedestal—and were the lives of white southern women a
Kierner (history, U. of North Carolina-Charlotte) tells of a 1793 case in which Richard Randolph of Bizarre, Virginia, was accused of helping his wife's sister terminate a pregnancy that he had also i
Virginia Women is the first of two volumes exploring the history of Virginia women through the lives of exemplary and remarkable individuals. This collection of seventeen essays, written by establishe
Virginia Women is the first of two volumes exploring the history of Virginia women through the lives of exemplary and remarkable individuals. This collection of seventeen essays, written by establishe
