• Women’s Rights and the American Revolution

    Berlin Library 13 Harrison Avenue, Berlin, MD

    The struggle for independence had allowed American women to assert themselves as political actors as never before. Would they happily resume their apolitical domestic roles after the war? Or would they demand to be recognized and directly represented in the new political order? This lecture, led by University of Maryland historian Richard Bell, explores these […]

  • Women’s Rights and the American Revolution

    Berlin Library 13 Harrison Avenue, Berlin, MD

    The struggle for independence had allowed American women to assert themselves as political actors as never before. Would they happily resume their apolitical domestic roles after the war? Or would they demand to be recognized and directly represented in the new political order? This lecture, led by University of Maryland historian Richard Bell, explores these […]