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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Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New World Dorothy A. Mays. Social Implications Women who found themselves in unhappy mar- riages faced challenges on economic and social grounds . If she were found to be the " guilty " party in a ...
... social mores . Etiquette in the seventeenth century revolved around the necessity for neighbors to coexist and support one another . Hospitality was to be offered to travelers and new arrivals . Women provided vital assistance to ...
... social call " becoming her chief responsibility . A call was a brief , ritualized visit that rarely lasted more than half an hour . Although the ostensible purpose of the call was a social visit , in actuality it provided a way for ...
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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 |
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 |