Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New WorldBloomsbury Academic, 2004 M11 23 - 495 páginas This 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. |
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... able to keep the farms operating . Perhaps a few fields were left unplanted for a season , but most farmers ' wives were able to keep their farms in operation . Wives of urban professionals were in a different situation . The wives of ...
... able to sell or dispose of their husband's property . They needed the assis- tance of a court administrator to dispose of a hus- band's goods , should it be determined that he was unlikely to ever return . The law as it was structured ...
... able to blend into a new community than a slave whose skin color made her immediately suspect , penalties for attempted escape were harsh . The ser- vant had to reimburse her master ten days for every day of service missed plus the cost ...
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African American Women | 14 |
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Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New World Dorothy Auchter Mays Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
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American Indian Chronology: Chronologies of the American Mosaic Phillip M. White Vista de fragmentos - 2006 |