Letters Written from New-England A.D. 1686 by John Dunton in which are Described His Voyages by Sea, His Travels on Land and the Characters of His Friends and Acquaintances
Title | Letters Written from New-England A.D. 1686 by John Dunton in which are Described His Voyages by Sea, His Travels on Land and the Characters of His Friends and Acquaintances PDF eBook |
Author | John Dunton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 1960 |
Genre | Massachusetts |
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Letters Written from New-England A.D. 1686, by J. Dunton, in which are Described His Voyages by Sea, His Travels on Land and the Characters of His Friends and Acquaintances
Title | Letters Written from New-England A.D. 1686, by J. Dunton, in which are Described His Voyages by Sea, His Travels on Land and the Characters of His Friends and Acquaintances PDF eBook |
Author | John Dunton |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1973 |
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John Dunton's Letters from New-England
Title | John Dunton's Letters from New-England PDF eBook |
Author | John Dunton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 1867 |
Genre | Massachusetts |
ISBN |
Letters Written from New England, A.D. 1686, in which are Described His Voyages by Sea, His Travels on Land the Characters of His Friends and Acquaintances
Title | Letters Written from New England, A.D. 1686, in which are Described His Voyages by Sea, His Travels on Land the Characters of His Friends and Acquaintances PDF eBook |
Author | John Dunton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Massachusetts |
ISBN |
Annual Report of the American Historical Association
Title | Annual Report of the American Historical Association PDF eBook |
Author | American Historical Association |
Publisher | |
Pages | 730 |
Release | 1893 |
Genre | Historiography |
ISBN |
Voyages of the Northmen to America
Title | Voyages of the Northmen to America PDF eBook |
Author | Anonymous |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 174 |
Release | 2024-08-22 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3385562937 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.
The Widows' Might
Title | The Widows' Might PDF eBook |
Author | Vivian Bruce Conger |
Publisher | NYU Press |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2009-03-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 081471711X |
In early American society, one’s identity was determined in large part by gender. The ways in which men and women engaged with their communities were generally not equal: married women fell under the legal control of their husbands, who handled all negotiations with the outside world, as well as many domestic interactions. The death of a husband enabled women to transcend this strict gender divide. Yet, as a widow, a woman occupied a third, liminal gender in early America, performing an unusual mix of male and female roles in both public and private life. With shrewd analysis of widows’ wills as well as prescriptive literature, court appearances, newspaper advertisements, and letters, The Widows’ Might explores how widows were portrayed in early American culture, and how widows themselves responded to their unique role. Using a comparative approach, Vivian Bruce Conger deftly analyzes how widows in colonial Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Maryland navigated their domestic, legal, economic, and community roles in early American society.