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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... physical violence , however , it was not considered a factor in divorce petitions . Physical abuse of women in early America can be documented through almshouse entries , court doc- uments , and newspaper stories . Although a hus- band ...
... physical attacks on their husbands . In 1641 , in Massachusetts , one woman was ordered to be severely whipped for having attempted to poison her husband with mercury . Like abusive men , women who physically or verbally attacked their ...
... physical exercise . The women of early America , although they engaged in some small- scale sporting activities , had limited interest in the pursuit of sports . Daily life on a farm already had a high element of physical exertion for a ...
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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 |