Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781851094295)

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.

Author: Dorothy Auchter Mays
ISBN-10: 1851094296
ISBN-13: 9781851094295
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 11/23/2004
Pages: 520
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.14lbs
Size: 11.40h x 8.82w x 1.26d

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 04/01/2005 pg. 84
Choice 06/01/2005 pg. 1804
Booklist 03/01/2005 pg. 1237
Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr 01/01/2006 pg. 187
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2006 pg. 403