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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... considered to be suffering from fits of insanity . Cot- ton Mather's third wife has long been considered to have been insane , until historian Virginia Bernhard pointed out that the evidence for her insanity rests entirely on Mather's ...
... considered marriageable . In other cases the labor of a daughter might have been considered essential for the household economy , and marriage was therefore discouraged . Contem- porary letters and diaries reveal that many young women ...
... considered a hallmark of social status , but the trustees of the school also considered mathe- matics important as a practical measure . A good wife should be able to assist her husband in his busi- ness endeavors , which often involved ...
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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 |
Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New World Dorothy A. Mays Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |
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American Indian Chronology: Chronologies of the American Mosaic Phillip M. White Vista de fragmentos - 2006 |