Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New WorldThis volume fills a gap in traditional women's history books by offering fascinating details of the lives of early American women and showing how these women adapted to the challenges of daily life in the colonies. The coverage begins with the 1607 settlement at Jamestown and ends with the War of 1812. In addition to the role of Anglo-American women, the experiences of African, French, Dutch, and Native American women are discussed. The issues discussed include how women coped with rural isolation, why they were prone to superstitions, who was likely to give birth out of wedlock, and how they raised large families while coping with immense household responsibilities.
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Sex ratios among many Indian groups became unnaturally skewed following European conquest . ... The sex ratio among European settlers remained unbalanced throughout the seventeenth century . Although Europeans had cultural prohibitions ...
This therapy was ineffective against European fevers and tended to further weaken those who practiced it . ... to their survivors , but Native Americans lacked the cen- turies of exposure that protected large percentages of Europeans .
When a European trader married into an Indian community , he increased the prestige of the tribe . Access to trade and friendly relations with European settlements bene- fited the entire tribe . Consequently , the woman married to the ...
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Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New World Dorothy A. Mays Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
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American Indian Chronology: Chronologies of the American Mosaic Phillip M. White Vista de fragmentos - 2006 |