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 timeswar slavery religious awakenings political change perceptions about genderas 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.