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...
Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New World provides insight into an era in American history when women had imme...
