![]() Here readers will find a new appreciation of Jefferson as a whole, of his strengths and weaknesses, and particularly of the degree to which his writing skills are key to his personality and public career. All of his works-from his earliest correspondence his essays and proclamations, his religious and scientific writings his inaugural addresses his addresses to Indian nations and his exchanges with Washington, Madison, Hamilton, John and Abigail Adams, demonstrate his remarkable intelligence, prescient wisdom, and literary flair and reveal the man in all his complex and controversial brilliance. A man renowned for many talents, writing was one of the major activities of his life. This unique biography emphasizes Thomas Jefferson’s genius with language and his ability to use the power of words to inspire and shape a nation. In recovering this pioneering life, this richly-illustrated book makes clear that America’s framing moment did not belong solely to white men and offers an inspirational transatlantic history of women who believed in education as a political right. As the first such public female lecturer, her courageous performance likely inspired the gender-neutral language of the Constitution.įemale Genius reconstructs Eliza Harriot’s transatlantic life, inspiring countless young American women to consider a college education and a role in the political forum. The perfect exemplar of this phenomenon was Eliza Harriot Barons O’Connor, a path-breaking female educator who delivered a University of Pennsylvania lecture attended by George Washington as he and other Constitutional Convention delegates gathered in Philadelphia. This provocative new biography looks to the 1780s-the Age of the Constitution-to investigate the rise of a radical new idea in the English-speaking world: female genius. ![]()
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