Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America

This book offers a look at how the lives of women changed in the era when the United States emerged.

Spanning the broad spectrum of Colonial-era life, Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America is a revealing exploration of how 18-century American women of various races, classes, and religions were affected by conditions of the times--war, slavery, religious awakenings, political change, perceptions about gender--as well as how they influenced the world around them.

Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America covers the area of North America that became the United States and follows the transformation of the British colonies into a new nation. The book is organized thematically to examine marriage and the family, the law, work, travel, war, religion, and education and the arts. Each chapter combines current research and primary sources to offer authoritative portraits of real lives of the everyday women during this pivotal early era in our history.

Author: Merril Smith
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 02/01/2010
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780313355523

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2011
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2010 pg. 144

About the Author

Merril D. Smith is an independent scholar living in National Park, NJ.