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Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America - by Merril Smith (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- This book offers a look at how the lives of women changed in the era when the United States emerged.
- About the Author: Merril D. Smith is an independent scholar living in National Park, NJ.
- 208 Pages
- Social Science, Women's Studies
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About the Book
This book offers a look at how the lives of women changed in the era when the United States emerged.
Spanning the broad spectrum of Colonial-era life, Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America is a revealing exploration of how 18-century American women of various races, classes, and religions were affected by conditions of the times--war, slavery, religious awakenings, political change, perceptions about gender--as well as how they influenced the world around them.
Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America covers the area of North America that became the United States and follows the transformation of the British colonies into a new nation. The book is organized thematically to examine marriage and the family, the law, work, travel, war, religion, and education and the arts. Each chapter combines current research and primary sources to offer authoritative portraits of real lives of the everyday women during this pivotal early era in our history.
- Offers a chronology of social, political, and cultural events in 18th-century America that involved or affected women
- Includes 16 portraits, cartoons, illustrations of women, women's work, and events in 18th-century America
Book Synopsis
This book offers a look at how the lives of women changed in the era when the United States emerged.
Spanning the broad spectrum of Colonial-era life, Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America is a revealing exploration of how 18-century American women of various races, classes, and religions were affected by conditions of the times--war, slavery, religious awakenings, political change, perceptions about gender--as well as how they influenced the world around them. Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America covers the area of North America that became the United States and follows the transformation of the British colonies into a new nation. The book is organized thematically to examine marriage and the family, the law, work, travel, war, religion, and education and the arts. Each chapter combines current research and primary sources to offer authoritative portraits of real lives of the everyday women during this pivotal early era in our history.Review Quotes
"Recommended. Undergraduate collections." --Choice
About the Author
Merril D. Smith is an independent scholar living in National Park, NJ.