We Have Raised All of You : Motherhood in the South, 1750-1835 /

White, black, and Native American women in the early South often viewed motherhood as a composite of roles, ranging from teacher and nurse to farmer and politician. Within a multicultural landscape, mothers drew advice and consolation from female networks, broader intellectual currents, and an under...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Smith, Katy Simpson, 1985-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women > Social conditions.
Social conditions
Motherhood.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Femmes > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
Maternite > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Maternite > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Women > Southern States > Social conditions.
Motherhood > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Motherhood > Southern States > History > 18th century.
Southern States.
États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
Southern States > Social conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:White, black, and Native American women in the early South often viewed motherhood as a composite of roles, ranging from teacher and nurse to farmer and politician. Within a multicultural landscape, mothers drew advice and consolation from female networks, broader intellectual currents, and an understanding of their own multifaceted identities to devise their own standards for child rearing. In this way, by constructing, interpreting, and defending their roles as parents, women in the South maintained a certain degree of control over their own and their children's lives. Focusing on Virginia a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (360 pages).
ISBN:9780807152249

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