Women And Freedom In Early America
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Women And Freedom In Early America
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Author : Larry Eldridge
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 1997
Women And Freedom In Early America written by Larry Eldridge and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
It is virtually impossible to generalize about the degree to which women in early America were free. What, if anything, did enslaved black women in the South have in common with powerful female leaders in Iroquois society? Were female tavern keepers in the backcountry of North Carolina any more free than nuns and sisters in New France religious orders? Were the restrictions placed on widows and abandoned wives at all comparable to those experienced by autonomous women or spinsters? Bringing to light the enormous diversity of women's experience, Women and Freedom in Early America centers variously on European-American, African-American, and Native American women from 1400 to 1800. Spanning almost half a millenium, the book ranges the colonial terrain, from New France and the Iroquois Nations down through the mainland British-American colonies. By drawing on a wide array of sources, including church and court records, correspondence, journals, poetry, and newspapers, these essays examine Puritan political writings, white perceptions of Indian women, Quaker spinsterhood, and African and Iroquois mythology, among many other topics.
Women In Early America
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Author : Dorothy A. Mays
language : en
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Release Date : 2004-11-23
Women In Early America written by Dorothy A. Mays and has been published by ABC-CLIO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-23 with History categories.
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Women In Early America
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Author : Dorothy Auchter Mays
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2004-11-23
Women In Early America written by Dorothy Auchter Mays and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-23 with History categories.
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. Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New World provides insight into an era in American history when women had immense responsibilities and unusual freedoms. These women worked in a range of occupations such as tavernkeeping, printing, spiritual leadership, trading, and shopkeeping. Pipe smoking, beer drinking, and premarital sex were widespread. One of every eight people traveling with the British Army during the American Revolution was a woman. The coverage begins with the 1607 settlement at Jamestown and ends with the War of 1812. In addition to the role of Anglo-American women, the experiences of African, French, Dutch, and Native American women are discussed. The issues discussed include how women coped with rural isolation, why they were prone to superstitions, who was likely to give birth out of wedlock, and how they raised large families while coping with immense household responsibilities.
Love Of Freedom
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Author : Catherine Adams
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2010-02-01
Love Of Freedom written by Catherine Adams and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-01 with Social Science categories.
They baked New England's Thanksgiving pies, preached their faith to crowds of worshippers, spied for the patriots during the Revolution, wrote that human bondage was a sin, and demanded reparations for slavery. Black women in colonial and revolutionary New England sought not only legal emancipation from slavery but defined freedom more broadly to include spiritual, familial, and economic dimensions. Hidden behind the banner of achieving freedom was the assumption that freedom meant affirming black manhood The struggle for freedom in New England was different for men than for women. Black men in colonial and revolutionary New England were struggling for freedom from slavery and for the right to patriarchal control of their own families. Women had more complicated desires, seeking protection and support in a male headed household while also wanting personal liberty. Eventually women who were former slaves began to fight for dignity and respect for womanhood and access to schooling for black children.
Women In Early America
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Author : Thomas A Foster
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2015-03-20
Women In Early America written by Thomas A Foster and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-20 with History categories.
Tells the fascinating stories of the myriad women who shaped the early modern North American world from the colonial era through the first years of the Republic Women in Early America, edited by Thomas A. Foster, goes beyond the familiar stories of Pocahontas or Abigail Adams, recovering the lives and experiences of lesser-known women—both ordinary and elite, enslaved and free, Indigenous and immigrant—who lived and worked in not only British mainland America, but also New Spain, New France, New Netherlands, and the West Indies. In these essays we learn about the conditions that women faced during the Salem witchcraft panic and the Spanish Inquisition in New Mexico; as indentured servants in early Virginia and Maryland; caught up between warring British and Native Americans; as traders in New Netherlands and Detroit; as slave owners in Jamaica; as Loyalist women during the American Revolution; enslaved in the President’s house; and as students and educators inspired by the air of equality in the young nation. Foster showcases the latest research of junior and senior historians, drawing from recent scholarship informed by women’s and gender history—feminist theory, gender theory, new cultural history, social history, and literary criticism. Collectively, these essays address the need for scholarship on women’s lives and experiences. Women in Early America heeds the call of feminist scholars to not merely reproduce male-centered narratives, “add women, and stir,” but to rethink master narratives themselves so that we may better understand how women and men created and developed our historical past.
Women Of Colonial America
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Author : Brandon Marie Miller
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 2016-02-01
Women Of Colonial America written by Brandon Marie Miller and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
An authentic, rich tapestry of women's lives in colonial America Using a host of primary sources, author Brandon Marie Miller recounts the roles, hardships, and daily lives of Native American, European, and African women in 17th- and 18th-century colonial America. Hard work proved a constant for most women—they ensured their family's survival through their skills while others sold their labor or lived in bondage as indentured servants and slaves. Elizabeth Ashbridge survived an abusive indenture to become a Quaker preacher, Anne Bradstreet penned epic poetry while raising eight children in the wilderness, Anne Hutchinson went toe-to-toe with Puritan authorities, Margaret Hardenbroeck Philipse built a trade empire in New Amsterdam, and Martha Corey lost her life in the vortex of Salem's witch hunt. With strength, courage, resilience, and resourcefulness, these women and many others played a vital role in the mosaic of life in colonial America.
First Generations
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Author : Carol Berkin
language : en
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Release Date : 1997-07-01
First Generations written by Carol Berkin and has been published by Hill and Wang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-07-01 with History categories.
Indian, European, and African women of seventeenth and eighteenth-century America were defenders of their native land, pioneers on the frontier, willing immigrants, and courageous slaves. They were also - as traditional scholarship tends to omit - as important as men in shaping American culture and history. This remarkable work is a gripping portrait that gives early-American women their proper place in history.
Running From Bondage
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Author : Karen Cook Bell
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-07
Running From Bondage written by Karen Cook Bell and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07 with History categories.
A compelling examination of the ways enslaved women fought for their freedom during and after the Revolutionary War.
A History Of Women In America
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Author : Carol Hymowitz
language : en
Publisher: Bantam
Release Date : 2011-08-24
A History Of Women In America written by Carol Hymowitz and has been published by Bantam this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-24 with Social Science categories.
From colonial to modern-day times this narrative history, incorporating first-person accounts, traces the development of women's roles in America. Against the backdrop of major historical events and movements, the authors examine the issues that changed the roles and lives of women in our society. Note: This edition does not include photographs.
Women And Slavery In America
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Author : Catherine M. Lewis
language : en
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Release Date : 2011-03-01
Women And Slavery In America written by Catherine M. Lewis and has been published by University of Arkansas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-01 with Social Science categories.
Catherine M. Lewis is professor of history, director of the Museum of History and Holocaust Education, and coordinator of the Public History Program at Kennesaw State University. She is the author of a number of books, including The Changing Face of Public History and Don't Ask What I Shot: How Eisenhower's Love of Golf Helped Shape 1950s America.