Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Esther: Imprudent and Impatient Love
Chapter Two: Joseph: Love and Calculation
Chapter Three: A Willful Girl Matures
Chapter Four: Responsibilities and Schemes
Chapter Five: Politics: Old World Patronage
Chapter Six: Love Defeats Prudence
Chapter Seven: Exiled Where Women “stooped like country girls.”
Chapter Eight: A New Political Identity: “They” becomes “We”
Chapter Nine: “Unleash the Dogs of War”
Chapter Ten: Politics: New World Democracy
Chapter Eleven: America’s Female Politician
Chapter Twelve: Triumph and Tragedy
Bibliographical Essay
Notes
Index