ISBN:
1851094296
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxi, 495 p)
,
ill
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29 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2007 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Women in Early America : Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New World
DDC:
305.4/0973/09032
Keywords:
Women Encyclopedias History 17th century
;
Women Encyclopedias History 18th century
;
Women Encyclopedias Social conditions
;
United States Encyclopedias Social conditions To 1865
;
United States Encyclopedias History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Abstract:
This volume offers details of the lives of early American women and showing how these women adapted to the challenges of daily life in the Colonies. The women of early America were not fighting for equal rights - they were struggling for basic survival
Description / Table of Contents:
Women in Early America; Contents; Topic Finder; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Appendix I: Household Chores Common to Early American Women; Appendix II: Documents; Bibliography; Index; About the Author;
Description / Table of Contents:
AbortionAdams, Abigail SmithAdams, HannahAddictive substancesAdulteryAfrican American women and religionAfrican American women and the American RevolutionAfrican American women, freeAging WomenAgricultural LaborAmerican RevolutionAmerican Revolution and its effect on women's statusAmerican Revolution on the home frontAnglican womenArnold, Margaret ShippenBenevolent societiesBerkeley, Lady Frances CulpeperBirth controlBody image and beautyBoycottsBradford, Cornelia SmithBradstreet, AnneBrant, MollyBreastfeedingBrent, Margaret -- Camp followers and women of the ArmyCatholic womenChildbirthChildren, custody ofCivil disobedienceClothingColonization, effect on Indian WomenConventsCookingCourtshipCovertureCrime and punishmentDancingDare, VirginiaDeath and funeral customsDietDiseaseDivorceDomestic laborDomestic violenceDuston, Hannah EmersonDutch settlement, women's life and culture inDyer, MaryEducationElite womenEtiquetteFeme soleFeme sole traderFeminismFirst-generation immigrantsFornicationFranklin, Ann SmithFreeman, ElizabethFrench colonies, women inFur traders' wivesGamblingGardeningGerman womenGirlhood and adolescenceGraham, Isabella MarshallGreat awakeningGynecological issuesHemings, SallyHobbies and gamesHolidays and festivalsHousehold responsibilitiesHousingHutchinson, Anne MarburyHygieneIndentured servitude and convict laborIndian captivityIndian womenIndian women and leadershipIndian women and workInfanticideInterracial marriageIslamic womenJemison, MaryJewish womenKey, ElizabethKnight, Sarah KembleLee, AnnLegal status of womenLesbiansLiteratureLoyalist women and the American RevolutionManly hearted womenMariners' wivesMarriageMarriage and family among enslaved womenMcCrea, JaneMedical careMental illnessMerry, Anne BruntonMethodist womenMidwivesMilitary service and the American RevolutionMilliners and seamstressesMolly Pitcher legendMoody, Lady Deborah DunchMoravian womenMotherhoodMothers, singleMurray, Judith Sargent StevensMusgrove, MaryMusicNurse, RebeccaOrphaned girlsPhilipse, Margaret HardenbrookPilgrim womenPinckney, Eliza LucasPlantation mistressesPocahontasPolitical wivesPortraiturePovertyPrinters and the printing tradeProstitutionPuritan womenQuaker womenQuiltingRapeReligionReputationRoss, Betsy GriscomRowlandson, MaryRowson, Susanna HaswellSacagaweaSalem Witch TrialsSampson, DeborahSchuyler, Catherine Van RensselaerScience and technology, women inSelf-sufficiencySeton, Elizabeth Ann BayleySewingSex and sexualitySex ratioShopkeepers and merchantsShoppingSingle womenSlander.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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