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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... period endured by most settlers during their first two years , in which they would be exposed to a variety of new diseases and mental challenges . New immigrants were repeatedly struck with malaria or other fevers . Strange foods caused ...
... period , girls were given almost no food or water , nor were they allowed to bathe . Upon the completion of her period , she would be ritually bathed and given a new set of adult clothing . Henceforth , her commu- nity regarded her as a ...
... period in which Salem , Massachusetts , descended into a frenzy of hysteria , the only trace of the slave woman Tituba left in the historical record would have been a bill of sale . Her role as a catalyst for the witch panic brought the ...
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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 |
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American Indian Chronology: Chronologies of the American Mosaic Phillip M. White Vista de fragmentos - 2006 |