{"product_id":"women-and-freedom-in-early-larry-eldridge-9780814721933","title":"Women and Freedom in Early America","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt 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?\u003cbr\u003e Bringing to light the enormous diversity of women's experience, \u003cb\u003eWomen and Freedom in Early America\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry Eldridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814721931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814721933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.42w x 1.11d","brand":"Larry Eldridge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46806949888255,"sku":"9780814721933","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e8e31b5a-73f3-43f9-a236-b8603917dd50.jpg?v=1745378149","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/women-and-freedom-in-early-larry-eldridge-9780814721933","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}