Within Her Power : Propertied Women in Colonial Virginia.

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This is an engaging and comprehensive study of property-owning women in the colony of Tidewater, VA during the 17th & 18th centuries. It examines the social restrictions on women's behaviour and speech, opportunities and difficulties these women encountered in the legal system, the economic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sturtz, Linda
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Series:New World in the Atlantic world.
Subjects:
1600-1799
Women > Virginia > History > 17th century.
Women > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Women landowners > Virginia > History.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Virginia > History.
Femmes > Virginie > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Femmes > Virginie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Femmes propriétaires fonciers > Virginie > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Women
Women landowners
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Virginia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Virginie > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Virginia
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: As if I Had Been in a New World
  • 1 The Ghost Family: Inheritance, Property, and Stepfamilies; 2 Hardship upon Women: Anglicization and Property Law; 3 As Though I My Self Was Pr[e]sent: Women with Power of Attorney; 4 The Ordinary Women: Business Owners and the Local Courts; 5 A Little Purse to Herself: Cash, Credit, and Shopping; 6 Madam & Co.: Gender, Family, and Trade Enterprises.
  • Conclusion: ""Any Thing Will I Agree to For the Common Good"": Toward the RevolutionNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index.

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