... mother, the former Margaret Livingston, was the daughter of a Revolutionary War officer. Elizabeth was the fourth of six children, of whom only one was a boy (www.rootsweb.com). Her brother Eleazer's death, when she was eleven years old, was a turning point in Elizabeth's life. Not only was she faced ... momentous part in determining her values, and indefinitely shaped the woman she became later in life. After her brothers' sudden death, she tries to become"boy- in her father's eyes to try and fill the emptiness he felt from losing his only son. Like I stated previously, she mastered suc...

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