The extraordinary Suzy Wright, a colonial woman on the frontier
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- Women -- Pennsylvania -- Columbia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Wright, Susanna, 1697-1784
- Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Juvenile literature
- Electronic books
- Columbia (Pa.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Quakers
- Women -- Biography
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Columbia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Poets -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Clerks of court -- Pennsylvania -- Biography
- Wright, Susanna, 1697-1784 -- Juvenile literature
- Clerks of court -- Pennsylvania -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Pennsylvania -- Columbia -- Juvenile literature
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Pennsylvania -- Columbia
- Poets
- Columbia (Pa.) -- Biography
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Columbia -- Biography
- Poets -- Pennsylvania -- Columbia -- Biography
- Women -- Pennsylvania -- Columbia -- Biography
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The extraordinary Suzy Wright, a colonial woman on the frontier
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eng
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non fiction
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The extraordinary Suzy Wright
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electronic resource
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dictionaries
Sub title
a colonial woman on the frontier
Summary
Children are taught much about the men who shaped early America, but history-shaping colonial women remain largely unknown and undiscussed. The Extraordinary Suzy Wright sets about to change that, telling the little-known story of Quaker Susanna (Suzy) Wright (1697-1784), a renowned poet and political activist. Suzy helped settle the Pennsylvania frontier, where she acted as legal counselor to her less literate neighbors, preparing wills, deeds, indentures, and other contracts. Surviving documents and correspondence between Suzy and a host of her contemporaries-including Benjamin Franklin; James Logan, Pennsylvania's governor and chief justice; and a few signers of the Declaration of Independence-reveal that Suzy, from her home on the frontier, exerted considerable influence in the highest circles of Pennsylvania government. This fascinating and inspiring story includes an author's note, bibliography, and index
Target audience
juvenile
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