#thomas jefferson

[macaron-n-cheese]

Thomas Jefferson's ram after killing a child

#thomas jefferson #amrev #amrev memes

[icarusbetide]

#save elizabeth schuyler hamilton from male biographers 2024

Just got pissed off so bad. I'm in the middle of reading Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson: A Study in Character, which presents an intriguing argument that Burr deserves to be put back into the Founding Father Pantheon, so to speak. The author doesn't shy away from hitting hard against the idea that Jeff & Ham were morally superior to Burr, and I was on board! Ready to go!

But then. During the discussion of the women in each of their lives, the author decides the best way to further promote Burr's attitude towards women compared to Jefferson and Hamilton is to disparage Martha Jefferson & Elizabeth Hamilton?

On Martha Jefferson:

Martha Wayles Skelton had been a widow, and none of Jefferson's biographers, even the resourceful Fawn Brodie, has been able to tell us much about her—from the solitary letter remaining to us in her hand or the accounts of their contemporaries—beyond the general impression that she was handsome, musical, and frail.

On Elizabeth Hamilton:

Hamilton's Elizabeth was an heiress, the daughter of an upstate squire, Philip Schuyler, with Livingston and van Rensselaer connections. She was plain, straightforward, loyal, and neurasthenic, endured his flagrant and frequent infidelities, and lived to the brink of the Civil War.

I'm sorry, I don't know enough about Martha J. to protest to her characterization, but I think I can say something about Eliza. Plain? Neurasthenic? And once again, annoyed at the lack of citation or evidence for flagrant and frequent infidelities - but putting that aside, even if it were true, I don't like how her staying in her marriage is subtly implied to be some failure or at least less interesting than a woman who didn't "endure" them. There's a lack of consideration of both her own strength & the societal circumstances of that time that would have influenced her actions.

On Theodosia:

Her character emerges from their large and fervent correspondence. She was confident, well connected, well read, beautiful even after a burn scarred her face, witty, worldly, and full of expectations of him.

Okay. The author saw the point and it sailed over his head. "From their large and fervent correspondence" is key here. Like I said earlier, I don't know enough about Martha Jefferson, but I bet that "handsome, musical, frail" is probably not an all-encompassing picture of her. The similarity between her and Eliza? We don't have the letters that they wrote to their husbands. It's unfair to judge Theodosia (don't get me wrong! she was well read and intelligent, that's not what i'm denying) from her correspondence with Burr, but then not acknowledge that the lack of that perspective would impact how we view the other two women.

And to top it all off:

Unlike Jefferson's and Hamilton's, Burr's character was molded by the love of a woman of immense force and intelligence.

Neither Hamilton nor Jefferson married a woman who evidenced such force of character and independence of view.

Jesus Christ. There's plenty to criticize about Jefferson & Hamilton, and I really wanted to see a well-reasoned argument about Burr's character and whatnot but this lacks nuance and is unnecessarily dismissive. It pisses me off that a book that seems determined to break down the idolized version of Hamilton, somehow ends up using his wife to further their angle, just like biased Hamiltonian biographies. In both cases, Eliza is the plain, unintelligent, steadfast wife. For sympathetic authors like Chernow, that's somehow justification for the Reynolds affair. For Roger G. Kennedy, that's used in an argument against her husband. "Let's talk attitude towards women! Hamilton & Jefferson didn't have intellectual wives! Point for Burr!"

I don't know nearly enough about Martha Jefferson to say anything of merit, but really?

To give credit where credit is due, I think Kennedy is trying to make the point here that Theodosia Bartow Burr was a major influence on Burr, as "Burr's character blossomed in the radiance of his wife and mentor". He also goes on to talk about various genuine reasons why Burr's attitude towards women is noteworthy. But I still don't like the way he dismissed the other two women as what? Not smart enough to help their husbands' characters blossom? Maybe there's merit to this book outside of this one section, The Women, but right now I'm not in the mood. Am I being dramatic? Idk.

#aughh i'm pissed so maybe i'm being too dramatic #idk let's post it on the internet for everyone to see. smart decision. #alexander hamilton #thomas jefferson #aaron burr #martha jefferson #elizabeth schuyler #elizabeth hamilton #theodosia bartow burr #historical hamilton #amrev #elizabeth schuyler hamilton

[sawoqa]

doodles;-;

#james madison #thomas jefferson #jeffmads #hamilton #alexander hamilton #jamilton #hamilton fanart #amrev #hamilton musical #napoleon #napoleon bonaparte #aph hetalia #aph france #francis hetalia

[aloserwithausername]

I was re-reading Death of a Nation (by @cyanspica ) again for the millionth time and I decided to make some fan-art!

This is the baby incident Hamilton was recounting towards the end of chapter 8

#death of a nation #hamilton #thomas jefferson #james madison #jeffmads #DOAN #hamilton musical #hamilton the musical #fanart

[soggyliverr]

oh god mitski fucking run.

#mitski #hamilton #john laurens #aaron burr #thomas jefferson #alexander hamilton #lin manuel miranda

[dont-tell-my-mom-im-here]

Apparently Jefferson designed the Virginia state capitol building and he made the columns ionic instead of corinthic because he didn't believe American builders had the skills to make corinthic columns and this makes me very convinced that musical Jefferson was historically accurate

#hamilton #hamilton soundtrack #alexander hamilton #hamilton musical #lin manuel miranda #daveed diggs #thomas jefferson #jefferson

[mega-gaymer-party]

#r/196 #rule #196 #r196 #apartmentofawesome #ruleposting #sillyposting #me and who #bottomposting #bottom posting #history #thomas jefferson

[selfawarecobalt]

hey

#im so sorry for this #actually no im not #hatsune miku #miku binder thomas jefferson #thomas jefferson binder miku #thomas jefferson #miku

[badeyesightdog]

#hamilton fanart #hamilton #alexander hamilton #hamilton musical #thomas jefferson #john laurens #george washington #eliza #elizabeth schuyler #amrev

[winterflwers]

If i had a nickel for every time an actor from Hamilton voiced a character in Trolls, i'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

#trolls #dreamworks trolls #hamilton #trolls 2 #trolls world tour #king trollex #trolls 3 #trolls band together #bruce trolls #bruce trolls 3 #anthony ramos #daveed diggs #john laurens #philip hamilton #marquis de lafayette #thomas jefferson

[ravewing]

what if the founding fathers were in hazbin hotel

#because you all loved my cambrian one so very much i present this to you #thomas jefferson #john adams #george washington #james madison #alexander hamilton #american revolution #amrev #history #hazbin hotel

[alwaysbewoke]

#history #us presidents #george washington #thomas jefferson #theodore roosevelt #abraham lincoln

[gunsandboatsandgunboatss]

These guys are plaguing my brain so bad

#hamilton #alexander hamilton #thomas jefferson #jamilton #james madison #aaron burr #hamilton musical #art #if you recognize the dialogue in the first one its because its from my old blog and im plagarizing myself ✌️

[murmurmurena]

im not dead:)

#hamilton #hamilton musical #hamilton modern au #alexander hamilton #thomas jefferson #jamilton #hamilton x jefferson #barbie meme #barbie mugshot meme

[okubunny]

I want y’all to see my Halloween costume this year.

#happy halloween #miku binder #miku binder thomas jefferson #thomas jefferson #Halloween costume #halloween 2023 #disregard the bg is my sisters room

[ovrarches]

reporting live from the oscars and here we are with the leads from this year’s winner of best picture— gentlemen, how do you feel about the massive critical acclaim your performances have garnered? can we expect to see you two together on the big screen again anytime soon?

*insert awkward laughter*

#smile like he wasn’t trying to strangle you in the limo an hour prior #actors au #jamilton #alexander hamilton #thomas jefferson #hamilton #hamilton musical #myart