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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... girls , but most girls from this period would not have had for- mal schooling . The dame school was one of the few educational opportunities available for ordinary girls . Similar to modern day care , a local woman would take neigh ...
... girl would receive little formal education . Girls lived a life somewhat segregated from boys . Almost all chores were gender specific . Men and their sons would leave the home to tend fields and go hunting , whereas domestic chores kept ...
... girls would leave home for service in another household between the ages of eight and fourteen . If the girl was from a poor family , she was often bound out as a servant between the ages of eight and twelve . She would likely spend the ...
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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 |