Marriage in the Early Republic

by Anya Jabour

Book Overview

William Wirt practiced law in Virginia and Maryland in the early national period and served as attorney general under James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. Elizabeth Wirt managed the household and cared for the Wirts' large family during her husband's frequent work-related absences. For more than three decades, the couple struggled to reconcile different daily pursuits with a commitment to marriage as a partnership of equals. In Marriage in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801871107
• ISBN13: 9780801871108
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"