Judith Sargent Murray by John Singleton Copley / Oil on canvas, c. 1769–72 / Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, Illinois; Daniel J. Terra Art Acquisition Endowment Fund
Contains biographies of twenty-six men and women who played key roles in the early history of the United States, from 1783 to 1815, arranged alphabetically.
Judith Sargent Murray was a poet and playwright, and the most prominent woman essayist of the eighteenth century. She was also among America’s earliest champions of financial independence and equal rights for women. She argued forcefully for improved female education and for women to be allowed a public voice.
Shaping of America, 1783-1815, Reference Library by 
