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Female Genius
Book • 2021
Mary Sarah Bilder's 'Female Genius' explores the life and ideas of Eliza Harriot, an influential female lecturer and intellectual in the late eighteenth century, and traces her interactions with figures like George Washington.
Bilder argues that Harriot's writings and public lectures helped shape debates about governance and civic virtue at the dawn of the Constitution.
The book recovers women's often-overlooked intellectual influence on the framing generation and situates Harriot within broader cultural and political currents.
Through archival research, the author demonstrates how Harriot's ideas circulated among elite audiences and contributed to the conversation about republicanism and representation.
The work expands our understanding of the intellectual environment of the Constitution's creation by foregrounding a female voice.
Bilder argues that Harriot's writings and public lectures helped shape debates about governance and civic virtue at the dawn of the Constitution.
The book recovers women's often-overlooked intellectual influence on the framing generation and situates Harriot within broader cultural and political currents.
Through archival research, the author demonstrates how Harriot's ideas circulated among elite audiences and contributed to the conversation about republicanism and representation.
The work expands our understanding of the intellectual environment of the Constitution's creation by foregrounding a female voice.
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