Elizabeth Murray : a woman's pursuit of independence in eighteenth-century America /

Elizabeth Murray : a woman's pursuit of independence in eighteenth-century America /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Cleary, Patricia, 1962-
Imprint:	Amherst : University of Massachusetts, c2000.
Description:	xii, 279 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Murray, Elizabeth, -- 1726-1785. Murray, Elizabeth, -- 1726-1785 American Revolution (1775-1783) Women -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography. Businesswomen -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography. Businesswomen. Women. Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Women. Massachusetts -- Boston. United States. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4358920

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Other authors / contributors:	Murray, Elizabeth, 1726-1785.
ISBN:	1558492631 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-274) and index.

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Summary:	A compelling figures in colonial America, Elizabeth Murray was a Scottish immigrant who settled in Boston in her early twenties and took up shopkeeping. This biography chronicles the life of this extraordinary ordinary woman who tried to assert her own independence.
Physical Description:	xii, 279 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-274) and index.
ISBN:	1558492631