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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... widow to remarry , he advises against it . The widow of a good husband should not grasp after good fortune a sec- ond time , and the widow of a bad husband should be cautious of the institution . Allestree warned women against ...
... widow . In cases Managing the Estate In addition to the psychological burdens of widow- hood , many women were confronted with the com- plex chore of serving as executor of their husband's will . This involved supervising the inventory ...
... widow , often referred to as a " widow's thirds . " If there were no children , the widow received half of the estate . Men who left wills were usually more generous to their widows than required by law . Prior to the early eighteenth ...
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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 |
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American Indian Chronology: Chronologies of the American Mosaic Phillip M. White Vista de fragmentos - 2006 |