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Not all wives : women of colonial Philadelphia /
This book uses such sources as tax lists, censuses, poor relief records, newspapers, correspondence, wills, almanacs, and poetry to discuss the daily experiences of Philadelphia women who were widowed, divorced, separated, or never married.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, N.Y. :
Cornell University Press,
2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: "Not All Wives": The Problem of Marriage in Early America (starting p. 1)
- Women, Marriage, and the Historical Literature (starting p. 6)
- Aunt Bek's Oddity: Situating Unmarried Women in Urban and Regional Cultures (starting p. 11)
- Ch. 1 Martha Cooper's Choice: Literature and Mentality (starting p. 25)
- Representations of Marriage: Tyrants and Virgins (starting p. 32)
- Counter-Claims: Liberated Spinsters (starting p. 41)
- Reading, Writing, and Learning Singleness (starting p. 45)
- Ch. 2 Elizabeth Norris's Reign: Religion and Self (starting p. 53)
- Quaker Culture and a Female Self (starting p. 56)
- Marriage, Religion, and Female Individualism (starting p. 70)
- Singleness and Radical Religious Community in Pennsylvania (starting p. 75)
- Ch. 3 Mary Sandwith's Spouse: Family and Household (starting p. 85)
- Gender and Household Hierarchy (starting p. 88)
- Unmarried Women in Rural and Urban Households (starting p. 90)
- Widows Keeping House (starting p. 97)
- Servants and Slaves (starting p. 102)
- Sisters, Aunts, and Cousins (starting p. 106)
- Household Partnerships (starting p. 110)
- Ch. 4 Rachel Draper's Neighborhood: Work and Community (starting p. 119)
- Neighborhood Community (starting p. 121)
- Women's Work and the Urban Economy (starting p. 130)
- Marriage, Work, and Community (starting p. 148)
- Ch. 5 Ann Dunlap's "Great Want": Poverty and Public Policy (starting p. 153)
- Poor Women and Poor Relief (starting p. 156)
- Gender, Dependence, and Poor-Relief Policy (starting p. 166)
- Ch. 6 Lydia Hyde's Petition: Property and Political Culture (starting p. 181)
- Property and Political Authority (starting p. 187)
- From Property to Masculinity (starting p. 195)
- Women, Marriage, and the Transformation of Political Culture (starting p. 200)
- Index (starting p. 211)