First generations : women in colonial America

The Resource First generations : women in colonial America

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First generations : women in colonial America

Title remainder

women in colonial America

Statement of responsibility

Carol Berkin

Language

eng

Summary

The 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 earlier scholars tended to overlook - as important as men in shaping American culture and history. First Generations is one of the first books to examine these women's experiences, to look at them not only as wives, mothers, household managers, laborers, rebels,
But, invariably, as active participants in the creation of their societies. In fascinating biographical portraits and analyses of collective experiences, Carol Berkin conveys the varieties of female lives, separated by class, region, and race but linked by laws and presumptions that defined them by gender

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

305.42/0973/09032

Index

index present

LC call number

HQ1416

LC item number

.B43 1996

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

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