{"product_id":"a-notorious-woman-elizabeth-j-clapp-9780813938363","title":"A Notorious Woman: Anne Royall in Jacksonian America","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring her long career as a public figure in Jacksonian America, Anne Royall was called everything from an \"enemy of religion\" to a \"Jackson man\" to a \"common scold.\" In her search for the source of such strong reactions, Elizabeth Clapp has uncovered the story of a widely read woman of letters who asserted her right to a political voice without regard to her gender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWidowed and in need of a livelihood following a disastrous lawsuit over her husband's will, Royall decided to earn her living through writing--first as a travel writer, journeying through America to research and sell her books, and later as a journalist and editor. Her language and forcefully expressed opinions provoked people at least as much as did her inflammatory behavior and aggressive marketing tactics. An ardent defender of American liberties, she attacked the agents of evangelical revivals, the Bank of the United States, and corruption in government. Her positions were frequently extreme, directly challenging the would-be shapers of the early republic's religious and political culture. She made many enemies, but because she also attracted many supporters, she was not easily silenced. The definitive account of a passionate voice when America was inventing itself, \u003ci\u003eA Notorious Woman\u003c\/i\u003e re-creates a fascinating stage on which women's roles, evangelical hegemony, and political involvement were all contested.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth J. Clapp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813938368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813938363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.00d","brand":"Elizabeth J. Clapp","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43990393389311,"sku":"9780813938363","price":39.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_04bbeccc-97da-4e7c-a16e-b49c5de2ebfd.jpg?v=1683304421","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-notorious-woman-elizabeth-j-clapp-9780813938363","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}