Teresa Anne Murphy is Associate Professor of American Studies at George Washington University and author of Ten Hours' Labor: Religion, Reform, and Gender in Early New England.

"Teresa Anne Murphy's fascinating and important book not only reshapes our understanding of the field of women's history but is a valuable contribution to the historical literature on the political, civil, and intellectual status of women in the revolution and early republic." (Carol Faulkner, Syracuse University) "This thoughtful and stimulating intellectual history takes a fresh look at history writing by and about women between the American Revolution and Civil War. It makes an original and distinctive contribution by connecting changing narratives about women's history to larger debates about the nature of women's citizenship." (Anne M. Boylan, University of Delaware)

• IntroductionI.Chapter 1. Domestic Citizenship and National ProgressChapter 2. Revolutionary ResponsesChapter 3. The Challenges of Radical ReformII.Chapter 4. Women's History and Woman's RightsChapter 5. Domestic HistoriesChapter 6. Caroline Dall's Usable Past: Women and Equal CitizenshipEpilogueNotesIndexAcknowledgments

Teresa Anne Murphy is Associate Professor of American Studies at George Washington University and author of Ten Hours' Labor: Religion, Reform, and Gender in Early New England.

"Teresa Anne Murphy's fascinating and important book not only reshapes our understanding of the field of women's history but is a valuable contribution to the historical literature on the political, civil, and intellectual status of women in the revolution and early republic." (Carol Faulkner, Syracuse University) "This thoughtful and stimulating intellectual history takes a fresh look at history writing by and about women between the American Revolution and Civil War. It makes an original and distinctive contribution by connecting changing narratives about women's history to larger debates about the nature of women's citizenship." (Anne M. Boylan, University of Delaware)

• IntroductionI.Chapter 1. Domestic Citizenship and National ProgressChapter 2. Revolutionary ResponsesChapter 3. The Challenges of Radical ReformII.Chapter 4. Women's History and Woman's RightsChapter 5. Domestic HistoriesChapter 6. Caroline Dall's Usable Past: Women and Equal CitizenshipEpilogueNotesIndexAcknowledgments

Teresa Anne Murphy is Associate Professor of American Studies at George Washington University and author of Ten Hours' Labor: Religion, Reform, and Gender in Early New England.

"Teresa Anne Murphy's fascinating and important book not only reshapes our understanding of the field of women's history but is a valuable contribution to the historical literature on the political, civil, and intellectual status of women in the revolution and early republic." (Carol Faulkner, Syracuse University) "This thoughtful and stimulating intellectual history takes a fresh look at history writing by and about women between the American Revolution and Civil War. It makes an original and distinctive contribution by connecting changing narratives about women's history to larger debates about the nature of women's citizenship." (Anne M. Boylan, University of Delaware)

• IntroductionI.Chapter 1. Domestic Citizenship and National ProgressChapter 2. Revolutionary ResponsesChapter 3. The Challenges of Radical ReformII.Chapter 4. Women's History and Woman's RightsChapter 5. Domestic HistoriesChapter 6. Caroline Dall's Usable Past: Women and Equal CitizenshipEpilogueNotesIndexAcknowledgments