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a Women in the American colonies lived under British law , with British traditions of female subordination , and in the traditional male - dominated family . The underlying assumption of colonial society was that the subordinate ...
a Women in the American colonies lived under British law , with British traditions of female subordination , and in the traditional male - dominated family . The underlying assumption of colonial society was that the subordinate ...
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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 held ...
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 held ...
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Colonial authorities protected a wife's rights in her husband's property , a 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 , a 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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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |