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Page 11
A girl learned early to assume responsibility for the younger children and to run a
household . Education . In colonial America the education of children was the
responsibility of the family . Parents taught their children the most rudimentary ...
A girl learned early to assume responsibility for the younger children and to run a
household . Education . In colonial America the education of children was the
responsibility of the family . Parents taught their children the most rudimentary ...
Page 16
And nearly every woman at some time served as a nurse for members of her
family and for neighbors . The laying out of the dead and their preparation for
burial was also the responsibility of women . Women held a monopoly of the
profession ...
And nearly every woman at some time served as a nurse for members of her
family and for neighbors . The laying out of the dead and their preparation for
burial was also the responsibility of women . Women held a monopoly of the
profession ...
Page 58
While they did no manual labor and seldom took personal care of their own
children , they supervised and were responsible for the running of the household
in every last detail . A slave plantation was an independent economic unit ,
frequently ...
While they did no manual labor and seldom took personal care of their own
children , they supervised and were responsible for the running of the household
in every last detail . A slave plantation was an independent economic unit ,
frequently ...
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |