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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... believed impurities were collected in women's blood , which was periodically and painfully expelled through menstruation . A 1785 medical text by William Buchan correctly attributed many menstrual difficulties and anemia to a lack of ...
... believed in the existence of witches and credited their power to allegiance with the Devil . Shown here is the title page of Cotton Mather's Book on Witchcraft . ( Burstein Collection / CORBIS ) those he favored , while sending ...
... believed to have the power of malefi- cium , the ability to manipulate supernatural forces to cause harm . Although this power could affect anyone , witches were usually charged with bringing harm to their neighbors or others with whom ...
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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 |