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1 online resource (xi, 235 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file rda |
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Women of action series |
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Women of action (Chicago, Illinois)
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| Contents |
The Natural Inhabitants -- In This New Discovered Virginia : Pocahontas, A Life in Two Worlds; Cecily Jordan Farrar, "Ancient Planter" of Virginia -- Goodwives to New England : Anne Hutchinson, "A Woman Unfit for Our Society;" Anne Dudley Bradstreet, Puritan Poet; The Captivity of Mary Rowlandson -- Weary, Weary, Weary, O : Elizabeth Ashbridge, From Indentured Servant to Quaker Preacher -- Up to Their Elbows in Housewifery : Margaret Hardenbroeck Philipse, She-Merchant of New York; The Journey of Sarah Kemble Knight -- Daughters of Eve : Martha Corey, Accused of Witchcraft -- A Changing World : Eliza Lucas Pinckney, A Glimpse through Her Letterbook ; Eve, and Others, Belonging to the Randolphs; Christiana Campbell & Jane Vobe, Keeping a Busy Tavern -- A Tapestry of Lives. |
| Summary |
"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. Even in this world defined entirely by men, a world where no one thought it important to record a female's thoughts, women found ways to step forth. 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. Martha Corey lost her life in the vortex of Salem's witch hunt. And Eve, a Virginia slave, twice ran away to freedom. With strength, courage, resilience, and resourcefulness, these women and many others played a vital role in the mosaic of life in colonial America"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
"Parts of this book were originally published as Good Women of a Well-Blessed Land, Women's Lives in Colonial America (Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publishing, 2003). It has been substantially revised, updated, and expanded"--Title page verso. |
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Presents the personal histories of women in colonial America, including Pocahontas, Anne Hutchinson, and Martha Corey. |
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"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. Even in this world defined entirely by men, a world where no one thought it important to record a female's thoughts, women found ways to step forth. 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. Martha Corey lost her life in the vortex of Salem's witch hunt. And Eve, a Virginia slave, twice ran away to freedom. With strength, courage, resilience, and resourcefulness, these women and many others played a vital role in the mosaic of life in colonial America"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226) and index. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1799 |
| Subject |
Women -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Women -- United States -- History -- 17th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Women -- United States -- History -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Manners and customs. |
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Women. |
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United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775 -- Juvenile literature.
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Women -- United States -- Biography.
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Women -- United States -- History -- 17th century.
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Women -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
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United States. |
| Genre |
Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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History.
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Juvenile works.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Miller, Brandon Marie. Women of Colonial America Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2016] 9781556524875 (DLC) 2015028517 (OCoLC)907651714 |
| ISBN |
9781556525391 : $17.99 |
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1556525397 : $17.99 |
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