The Woman in American HistoryAddison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1971 - 207 pages |
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Gerda Lerner. Women in the American colonies lived under British law , with British traditions of female subordination , and in the tra- ditional male - dominated family . The underlying assumption of colonial society was that the ...
Gerda Lerner. Women in the American colonies lived under British law , with British traditions of female subordination , and in the tra- ditional male - dominated family . The underlying assumption of colonial society was that the ...
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Gerda Lerner. CHAPTER ONE The Colonial Woman Women in colonial America enjoyed greater freedom than did women in contemporary Europe , yet their ability to determine their own lives was limited then , as it is now , by the ideas society ...
Gerda Lerner. CHAPTER ONE The Colonial Woman Women in colonial America enjoyed greater freedom than did women in contemporary Europe , yet their ability to determine their own lives was limited then , as it is now , by the ideas society ...
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... Colonial authorities protected a wife's rights in her husband's property , allowing her a share and her personal clothing in case of a legal separation . Colonial courts also gave women the right to make contracts , transact business ...
... Colonial authorities protected a wife's rights in her husband's property , allowing her a share and her personal clothing in case of a legal separation . Colonial courts also gave women the right to make contracts , transact business ...
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References to this book
Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |