Download or read book Madame Jumel Influential Women in History written by Anon and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-09-07 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is part of a series on historical female figures. It features Madame Jumel, born Eliza Bowen in 1775, the daughter of a Rhode Island prostitute. Upon her marriage to a rich French wine merchant she acquired a life of luxury that was beset by scandal.
Download or read book Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel written by Margaret Oppenheimer and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notorious life and times of one of the wealthiest women in 19th-century America Born into grinding poverty, Eliza Jumel was raised in a brothel, indentured as a servant, and confined to a workhouse when her mother was in jail. Yet by the end of her life, "Madame Jumel" was one of the richest women in New York, with servants of her own and mansions in Manhattan and Saratoga Springs. During her remarkable life, she acquired a fortune from her first husband, a French merchant, and almost lost it to her second, the notorious vice president Aaron Burr. Divorcing Burr amid lurid charges of adultery, Jumel lived on triumphantly to the age of 90, astutely managing her property and public persona. After her death, while family members extolled her virtues, claimants to her estate painted a different picture: of a prostitute, the mother of George Washington's illegitimate son, and a wife who ruthlessly defrauded her husband and perhaps even plotted his death. With this book, author Margaret A. Oppenheimer draws from archival documents and court filings, many untouched since the 1800s, to tell the true and full story of Eliza Jumel.
Download or read book Painted Lady Eliza Jumel written by Leonard Falkner and published by . This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Amazing Madame Jumel written by William Cary Duncan and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Madame Recamier Influential Women in History written by Anon and published by Marton Press. This book was released on 2011-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is part of a series on historical female figures. It features the French society leader Juliette Recamier (1777-1849). She was acquainted with Madame de Stael, and held salons that were attended by Parisians from the leading literary and political circles of the time.
Download or read book The Amazing Madame Jumel With Three Illustrations including a Portrait Etc written by William Cary DUNCAN and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Madame Guyon Influential Women in History written by Anon and published by . This book was released on 2011-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is part of a series on historical female figures. It features the French mystic Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (1648-1717). Guyon was an advocate of Quietism and her beliefs earned her imprisonment at the hands of the Roman Catholic Church as Quietism was considered heretical at the time.
Download or read book Notable American Women 1607 1950 written by Radcliffe College and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1971 with total page 2172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 1. A-F, Vol. 2. G-O, Vol. 3. P-Z modern period.
Download or read book The Journal of the American Irish Historical Society written by American-Irish Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life and Times of Aaron Burr written by James Parton and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Bibliography of New York State Communities written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bibliographies of local history are essential research tools for historians, genealogists, and book collectors. This volume is an attempt to bring together citations to all the books and pamphlets dealing with New York State history at the local or community level, which were published between 1900 and 1987; also included are some of the more important local history publications published prior to 1900, as well as a few works published as recently as 1989. It is not an attempt to compile a complete bibliography of the state which would undoubtedly require several large volumes, but rather, is directed more specifically to the needs of the local history and genealogy researcher. Material pertaining to the history of the major cities of the state has generally been excluded. Periodical articles and manuscript materials have also been excluded. About 2,500 publications are described in the listings which are arranged by county and town. This revised and enlarged edition updates the 1988 work with numerous additional citations, well-annotated for informative and entertaining reading, covering the following new subjects: Hudson Valley, Indians, maps, northern and western New York, reference books which include a substantial amount of New York material, Revolutionary War, Shakers and books with statewide coverage.
Download or read book Women and Museums written by Victor J. Danilov and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2005 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women and Museums is a comprehensive directory of museums for, by, and about women, providing information about interpretive themes, historical significance of collections, and cultural and social relevance to women, along with programming events and facility information. Useful cross-reference guides and accessible format provide quick and easy ways of finding information on America's women-related museums. Visit our website for sample chapters!
Download or read book Woman s Life in Colonial Days written by Carl Holliday and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-12-03 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic study suggests that, in spite of hardships, many American colonial women led rich, fulfilling lives. Thoughtfully written, well-documented account explores daily lives of women in New England and Southern colonies.
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Download or read book The Island of Happiness written by Madame d'Aulnoy and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enchanting selection of Madame d’Aulnoy’s seventeenth-century French fairy tales, interpreted by contemporary visual artist Natalie Frank Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville (1650–1705), also known as Madame d’Aulnoy, was a pioneer of the French literary fairy tale. Though d’Aulnoy’s work now rarely appears outside of anthologies, her books were notably popular during her lifetime, and she was in fact the author who coined the term “fairy tales” (contes des fées). Presenting eight of d’Aulnoy’s magical stories, The Island of Happiness juxtaposes poetic English translations with a wealth of original, contemporary drawings by Natalie Frank, one of today’s most outstanding visual artists. In this beautiful volume, classic narratives are interpreted and made anew through Frank’s feminist and surreal images. This feast of words and visuals presents worlds where women exercise their independence and push against rigid social rules. Fidelity and sincerity are valued over jealousy and greed, though not everything ends seamlessly. Selected tales include “Belle-Belle,” where an incompetent king has his kingdom restored to him through an androgynous heroine’s constancy. In “The Green Serpent,” a heroine falls in love with the eponymous snake, is punished by a wicked fairy, and endures trials to prove her worthiness. And in “The White Cat,” a young prince is dazzled by the astonishing powers of a feline. Jack Zipes’s informative introduction offers historical context, and Natalie Frank’s opening essay delves into her aesthetic approaches to d’Aulnoy’s characters. An inspired integration of art and text, The Island of Happiness is filled with seductive stories of transformation and enchantment.
