Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America
Author | : Merril D. Smith |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2010-02-26 |
ISBN-10 | : 9798216167556 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Download or read book Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America written by Merril D. Smith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-02-26 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.