hese women had to be careful about being considered overly active due tothe risk to their reputations and several, including Mercy Otis Warren and Hannah Griffitts, whowrote political verses and plays, published their works anonymously.
While searching for other sources this has also been something I've read. It affirms the idea of women being intellectual and politically active during the time period, even if it looked different than how men in this sphere would behave.
Linda Kerber, "History", Women, 21
Another scholarly source. Has the same author as the previous source I highlighted, is in quotations and also italicized, letting me know it is an essay within a book.
he traditional helpmate role inthe eighteenth-century included a long-standing gender expectation that women could act as a"surrogate" husband, allowing women to stretch the division between masculine and femininewithout censure.
Another interesting part, the idea of a women acting as "'surrogate' husband" aligns well with Eliza's role within Hamilton, and would give context for the work she went on to do after her husbands death. I'm curious about how this societal expectation of women extends towards widows: Was it common that women still operated as the leader of their household once the husband had passed?
Linda Kerber, "'History Can Do It No Justice': Women and the Reinterpretation of the American Revolution," InWomen in the Age ofthe American Revolution, edited by Ronald Hoffman and Peter J. Albert (Charlottesville, VA:University Press of Virginia, 1989):22.
Scholarly secondary source, published through a university.
ome of the more common challenges faced by Revolutionary era women werecaused by the absence of their husbands and male relatives and women responded differently tothe recruitment of their loved ones. Some resented their husbands for leaving them unprotectedto care for families, fam1s, and businesses while others encouraged their men to enlist andappealed to other women to let their men join as well
This directly speaks to the experience of Eliza within Hamilton, as it is a continuous point of contention that Hamilton leaves Eliza alone to run the home, even while his first son was on the way. This serves as good context for the conflict between the couple throughout the musical.
too few people actually think about this truism, and even fewer understand why it matters.
I agree with this entirely and find it interesting to think about how this connects to my day to day life. I feel often as if most events are viewed outside of a historical context, and that in doing so we are robbed of the ability to understand what is in front of us.
that conversations about international migration and refugee policies might benefit from historical context regarding migration patterns, ethnic cultures, nativisms, and restrictions that have shaped the peopling of nations across the globe.
I found this particular portion to be surprising, not because pf what is being said, but because of its continued relevancy. Despite the article being dated at a little over 10 years old, the topic is hugely relevant, especially within our own community at this time. I think this alone speaks to the entire point of thr article.
We know that no phenomena or ideas exist “outside of history,” and that serious consideration of just about any aspect of public or private life requires some sort of inquiry into the past.
I definitely agree with this statement, and I've often used this same idea when talking about things like patriarchy or racism, both of which are also rooted within history. If history sets the stage for events to unfold, often determining current laws, social standards, and even things as personal as family dynamics and behavioral patterns, isn't it safe to assume that nothing occurring after said history is independent of it?