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T O M Y PARENTS Jeanne and George Branson, who taught me the value of knowledge and thepower of love Copyright 02001 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States ofAmerica on acid-pee paper Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4011 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-PublicationData Branson, Susan. Thesefieryfrenchijed dames :women andpolitical culture in early national Philadelphia /Susan Branson. p. cm-(Early American studies) Includes bibliographicalreferences and index. ISBN 0-8122-3609-2 (cloth :alk. paper); ISBN 0-8122-1 777-2 @bk :alk. paper) 1. Women inpolitics-Pennsylwania-Philadelphia-History- 8th century. 2. Women inpublic l$e-Pennsylwania-Philadelphia-History-18th century. 3. Women-Pennsylvania-Philadelphia-Social conditions. 4. Philadelphia (Pa.)-History-1 8th century. 5. Philadelphia (Pa.)-Social conditions. 6. France-History-1789-1793. I. Title. II. Series. ...

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