Good Women of a Well-blessed Land: Women's Lives in Colonial AmericaTwenty-First Century Books, 2003 M01 1 - 96 páginas This highly acclaimed and award-winning American history series takes an in-depth look at patterns of change in ordinary people's lives. Primary sources such as diaries, letters, newspaper accounts, and period literature bring immediacy to the texts. Supportsthe national curriculum standards Culture; Time, Continuity, and Change; People, Places, and Environments; Individual Development and Identity; Individuals, Groups, and institutions; Power, Authority, and Governance; and Global Connections as outlined by the National Council for the Social Sciences. Drawing on primary sources such as diaries, letters, and documents from colonial women, Good Women, of a Well-Blessed Land vividly portrays the lives of women in early America from the 1600s to the 1770s. Through rich details and intriguing anecdotes, this in-depth history offers insight into the lives of the African American, European American, and Native American women who played a vital role in shaping America. |
Contenido
Contents | 7 |
In This New Discovered Virginia | 20 |
Weary Weary Weary O | 40 |
Daughters of Eve | 62 |
A Changing World | 76 |
Selected Bibliography | 90 |
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