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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... means for controlling pregnancy . There was no reliable form of contraception other than breastfeeding , which was obviously not an option for young , single women . Methods of abor- tion were primitive and generally ineffective , leav ...
... means of earning a living for women in colo- nial America . Many of these women were the wid- ows of tavern keepers and merely succeeded to their husbands ' businesses . Others were widows who had large and comfortable houses and opened ...
... means of supple- menting their family's income . Weaving was a difficult skill that required inten- sive training . When the profession was dominated by men , this training was accomplished through an apprenticeship system . Women ...
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Abortion | 1 |
Addictive Substances | 8 |
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 |