![]() If you would like to learn more about Thomas Jefferson, his daughters, and the Jefferson-Hemings family, consider these additional resources, all available now with your Plano library card.ĮBooks and eAudiobooks available from Overdrive or the Libby app include American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson, by Joseph J. Her research interests include the history of women during the American Revolution and in the early years of the United States. In Kerrison’s skilled hands, the three Jefferson sisters emerge from the long shadow of Thomas Jefferson’s life into their own complicated and fascinating histories.Ĭatherine Kerrison is Professor of History and a director of the Gender and Women’s Studies Program at Villanova University. ![]() The author’s attempts to discover Harriet’s hidden history as a free woman, probably in Washington City, makes up one of the most interesting chapters in this book. ![]() Martha and Maria Jefferson married and lived privileged lives in early Virginia, while at age twenty-one, their enslaved half-sister Harriet Hemings left Monticello and her family behind for a life of freedom. Thomas Jefferson’s three daughters come vividly to life in historian Catherine Kerrigan’s well-researched and elegantly written biography. ![]()
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