05310nam 2201393Ia 450 991045851900332120200520144314.00-8147-8652-90-8147-4129-010.18574/9780814786529(CKB)2560000000014518(EBL)866005(OCoLC)779828351(SSID)ssj0000413514(PQKBManifestationID)11305592(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413514(PQKBWorkID)10380846(PQKB)11468290(StDuBDS)EDZ0001323654(MiAaPQ)EBC866005(OCoLC)643562592(MdBmJHUP)muse4848(DE-B1597)547678(DE-B1597)9780814786529(Au-PeEL)EBL866005(CaPaEBR)ebr10386277(EXLCZ)99256000000001451820091020d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe captain's widow of Sandwich[electronic resource] self-invention and the life of Hannah Rebecca Burgess, 1834-1917 /Megan Taylor ShockleyNew York New York University Pressc20101 online resource (280 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-8319-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Author’s Note on the Journals -- Introduction -- 1. Rebecca’s World -- 2. Becoming the Captain’s Wife -- 3. Rebecca at Sea -- 4. Challenges and Transitions -- 5. A New Era, a New Narrative -- 6. Visible and Invisible -- 7. From Legacy to Legend -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author In 1852 Hannah Rebecca Crowell married sea captain William Burgess and set sail. Within three years, Rebecca Burgess had crossed the equator eleven times and learned to navigate a vessel. In 1856, 22-year-old Rebecca saved the ship Challenger as her husband lay dying from dysentery. The widow returned to her family’s home in Sandwich, Massachusetts, where she refused all marriage proposals and died wealthy in 1917.This is the way Burgess recorded her story in her prodigious journals and registers, which she donated to the local historical society upon her death, but there is no other evidence that this dramatic event occurred exactly this way. In The Captain’s Widow of Sandwich, Megan Taylor Shockley examines how Burgess constructed her own legend and how the town of Sandwich embraced that history as its own. Through careful analysis of myriad primary sources, Shockley also addresses how Burgess dealt with the conflicting gender roles of her life, reconciling her traditionally masculine adventures at sea and her independent lifestyle with the accepted ideals of the period’s “Victorian woman.”Ship captains' spousesMassachusettsSandwichBiographyMiddle class womenMassachusettsSandwichBiographyWomenMassachusettsSandwichBiographySeafaring lifeMassachusettsSandwichHistory19th centurySourcesWomenIdentityCase studiesAutobiographyWomen authorsCase studiesSandwich (Mass.)BiographySandwich (Mass.)Social life and customs19th centurySourcesElectronic books.1852.1856.1917.22-year-old.Burgess.Captains.Challenger.Crowell.Hannah.Massachusetts.Megan.Rebecca.Sandwich.Shockley.Taylor.Widow.William.Within.captain.constructed.crossed.died.dying.dysentery.eleven.embraced.equator.examines.familys.from.history.home.husband.learned.legend.marriage.married.navigate.own.proposals.refused.returned.sail.saved.ship.that.three.times.town.vessel.wealthy.where.years.Ship captains' spousesMiddle class womenWomenSeafaring lifeHistoryWomenIdentityAutobiographyWomen authors910.4/5BShockley Megan Taylor1056354MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458519003321The captain's widow of Sandwich2490666UNINA