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Women in early America : struggle, survival, and freedom in a new world

Describes the lives of women in early America, discussing their role in the development of the nation, day-to-day activities, responsibilities, and more
Print Book, English, ©2004
ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, Calif., ©2004
encyclopedias
xxi, 495 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
9781851094295, 9781851094349, 1851094296, 1851094342
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Topic Finderix
Preface and Acknowledgmentsxv
Introductionxix
Women in Early America
A
Abortion
1(2)
Adams, Abigail Smith
3(3)
Adams, Hannah
6(2)
Addictive Substances
8(3)
Adultery
11(3)
African American Women and Religion
14(2)
African American Women and the American Revolution
16(3)
African American Women, Free
19(4)
Aging Women
23(3)
Agricultural Labor
26(2)
American Revolution
28(1)
American Revolution and Its Effect on Women's Status
29(1)
American Revolution on the Home Front
30(8)
Anglican Women
38(1)
Arnold, Margaret Shippen
39(4)
B
Benevolent Societies
43(2)
Berkeley, Lady Frances Culpeper
45(1)
Birth Control
46(3)
Body Image and Beauty
49(2)
Boycotts
51(1)
Bradford, Cornelia Smith
52(1)
Bradstreet, Anne Dudley
53(1)
Brant, Molly
54(2)
Breastfeeding
56(2)
Brent, Margaret
58(3)
C
Camp Followers and Women of the Army
61(3)
Catholic Women
64(2)
Childbirth
66(4)
Children, Custody of
70(3)
Civil Disobedience
73(2)
Clothing
75(2)
Colonization, Effect on Indian Women
77(4)
Convents
81(2)
Cooking
83(4)
Courtship
87(4)
Coverture
91(1)
Crime and Punishment
92(5)
D
Dancing
97(1)
Dare, Virginia
98(2)
Death and Funeral Customs
100(4)
Diet
104(2)
Disease
106(5)
Divorce
111(4)
Domestic Labor
115(1)
Domestic Violence
116(3)
Duston, Hannah Emerson
119(2)
Dutch Settlement, Women's Life and Culture in
121(2)
Dyer, Mary
123(4)
E
Education
127(3)
Elite Women
130(4)
Etiquette
134(3)
F
Feme Sole
137(1)
Feme Sole Trader
137(1)
Feminism
138(2)
First-Generation Immigrants
140(5)
Fornication
145(3)
Franklin, Ann Smith
148(1)
Freeman, Elizabeth
149(2)
French Colonies, Women in
151(2)
Fur Traders' Wives
153(4)
G
Gambling
157(1)
Gardening
158(2)
German Women
160(1)
Girlhood and Adolescence
161(3)
Graham, Isabella Marshall
164(2)
Great Awakening
166(2)
Gynecological Issues
168(5)
H
Hemings, Sally
173(2)
Hobbies and Games
175(1)
Holidays and Festivals
176(3)
Household Responsibilities
179(4)
Housing
183(4)
Hutchinson, Anne Marbury
187(3)
Hygiene
190(5)
I
Indentured Servitude and Convict Labor
195(4)
Indian Captivity
199(3)
Indian Women
202(4)
Indian Women and Leadership
206(1)
Indian Women and Work
207(2)
Infanticide
209(2)
Interracial Marriage
211(4)
Islamic Women
215(2)
J
Jemison, Mary
217(1)
Jewish Women
218(5)
K
Key, Elizabeth
223(1)
Knight, Sarah Kemble
224(3)
L
Lee, Ann
227(1)
Legal Status of Women
228(4)
Lesbians
232(1)
Literature
233(5)
Loyalist Women and the American Revolution
238(5)
M
Manly Hearted Women
243(1)
Mariners' Wives
244(2)
Marriage
246(6)
Marriage and Family among Enslaved Women
252(3)
McCrea, Jane
255(1)
Medical Care
256(2)
Mental Illness
258(4)
Merry, Anne Brunton
262(1)
Methodist Women
263(1)
Midwives
264(2)
Military Service and the American Revolution
266(3)
Milliners and Seamstresses
269(1)
Molly Pitcher Legend
270(2)
Moody, Lady Deborah Dunch
272(1)
Moravian Women
273(3)
Motherhood
276(3)
Mothers, Single
279(4)
Murray, Judith Sargent Stevens
283(1)
Musgrove, Mary
284(2)
Music
286(3)
N
Nurse, Rebecca
289(4)
O
Orphaned Girls
293(2)
P
Philipse, Margaret Hardenbrook
295(1)
Pilgrim Women
296(3)
Pinckney, Eliza Lucas
299(2)
Plantation Mistresses
301(3)
Pocahontas
304(3)
Political Wives
307(1)
Portraiture
308(2)
Poverty
310(3)
Printers and the Printing Trade
313(1)
Prostitution
314(2)
Puritan Women
316(5)
Q
Quaker Women
321(3)
Quilting
324(3)
R
Rape
327(2)
Religion
329(2)
Reputation
331(2)
Ross, Betsy Griscom
333(1)
Rowlandson, Mary
334(2)
Rowson, Susanna Haswell
336(3)
S
Sacagawea
339(1)
Salem Witch Trials (1691--1692)
340(3)
Sampson, Deborah
343(2)
Schuyler, Catherine Van Rensselaer
345(2)
Science and Technology, Women in
347(1)
Self-Sufficiency
348(2)
Seton, Elizabeth Ann Bayley
350(2)
Sewing
352(2)
Sex and Sexuality
354(2)
Sex Ratio
356(2)
Shopkeepers and Merchants
358(3)
Shopping
361(1)
Single Women
362(2)
Slander
364(3)
Slavery
367(5)
Spanish Colonies, Women in
372(2)
Spies and the American Revolution
374(3)
Spooner, Bathsheba
377(1)
Sports and Leisure
378(2)
Stepfamilies
380(2)
Suffrage
382(1)
Sumptuary Laws
383(2)
Superstition and Belief in Magic
385(4)
T
Tavern Keepers and Innkeepers
389(2)
Teachers
391(2)
Tekakwitha, Kateri
393(1)
Textile Industry
394(3)
Theater
397(3)
Timothy, Elizabeth
400(1)
Tituba
401(2)
Tourism and Leisure Travel
403(2)
Travel
405(4)
V
Van Rensselaer, Maria van Cortlandt
409(2)
W
Ward, Nancy
411(1)
Warren, Mercy Otis
412(2)
Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis
414(1)
Wheatley, Phillis
415(2)
Widowhood
417(2)
Wilkinson, Jemima
419(2)
Wills and Inheritance
421(1)
Wilson, Sarah
422(1)
Witchcraft
423(6)
Wright, Patience Lovell
429(4)
Y
Young Ladies' Academy of Philadelphia
433(2)
Appendix I435(6)
Appendix II441(14)
Bibliography455(16)
Index471(24)
About the Author495