Cynthia A. Kierner is professor of history at George Mason University.
[A] prodigiously researched and beautifully written book.--The
Washington Times
[A] thoroughly researched and thoughtfully written account. . . .
This will have wide appeal to students of American history, women's
studies, and biography.--Library Journal
[The] definitive biography of Thomas Jefferson's oldest and
favorite daughter. The fascinating, well-researched work is a
three-dimensional look at a person who was usually seen in history
as no more than Jefferson's hostess.--Rocky Mount Telegram
A triumph.--North Carolina Historical Review
Cynthia Kierner's intriguing new biography of Martha Jefferson
Randolph . . . is the first to tell her story from her point of
view. It gives depth to the history of elite white southern women
and their responsibilities, liabilities, and possibilities in the
Early National period and illuminates the family ripples widening
from the splash Jefferson created by taking up with his slave,
Sally Hemings.--Women's Review of Books
In this wonderfully researched biography, Cynthia Kierner makes
Randolph an important figure in her own right and reveals a woman
who deftly handled both her demanding public roles as the hostess
of the president's mansion and Monticello and a governor's wife, as
well as her more domestic role of mistress of an enormous and
complicated household.--Register of the Kentucky Historical
Society
In Kierner's capable hands, Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772-1836)
emerges from her famous father's shadow as an intelligent,
well-educated, pragmatic, and 'tactfully assertive' woman who
brought up eleven children, managed a large and complex household,
weathered a turbulent marriage, and coped with both financial
reverses and family scandals.--Journal of Southern History
Kierner is the first historian to place Patsy at the center of her
own story. . . . This extraordinary biography . . . offers a unique
look at American history.--McCormick Messenger
Kierner succeeds in presenting a well-cited clear view of Martha's
role both behind the scenes of a notable historical figure and as
an example of the rarely chronicled contributions of women during
the early American era.--Publishers Weekly
This book is a welcome addition to Jeffersonian
scholarship.--Virginia Magazine
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