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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... Farm labor usually stopped around 6 P.M. , at which time supper was served . Candles were an expensive luxury , and people usually went to bed when the sun set . Much of the labor on the farm was dictated by the seasons . During ...
... farming plots in tightly defended clusters , but as the decades passed and adult chil- dren needed to create their own farms , holdings became ever more distant from the town center . On a typical day a woman living on an outlying farm ...
... farm animals , and assisted with harvesting and preserving produce . They supplemented the family income by selling products such as cheese , candles , soap , or spun wool . Such ventures were merely sup- plemental to the family income ...
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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 |