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This study explores womenOs central involvement in the creation of an elite class in colonial Philadelphia. It shows how major mercantile families adopted an English model of class identity and adapted it to the realities of colonial life in the mid-Atlantic region.

Gentlewomen and Learned Ladies: Women and Elite

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      Publisher: Lehigh University Press
      Publication Date: 01/09/2008
      ISBN13: 9781611460476, 978-1611460476
      ISBN10: 1611460476

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      Book Synopsis
      This study explores womenOs central involvement in the creation of an elite class in colonial Philadelphia. It shows how major mercantile families adopted an English model of class identity and adapted it to the realities of colonial life in the mid-Atlantic region.

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