02601nam 2200577 a 450 991081139030332120200520144314.0979-82-16-03808-51-282-36147-397866123614700-313-08706-710.5040/9798216038085(OCoLC)426030998(MiFhGG)GVRL2MCB(MiAaPQ)EBC497461(DLC)BP9798216038085BC(CKB)1000000000707745(EXLCZ)99100000000070774520080307d2008 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrWomen's roles in seventeenth-century America /Merril D. Smith1st ed.Westport, Conn. Greenwood Press20081 online resource (xxviii, 183 pages) illustrationsWomen's roles in American history,1553-507XDescription based upon print version of record.0-313-33976-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-175) and index.Women and the family -- Women and law -- Women and immigration -- Women and work -- Women and religion -- Women and war -- Women and education, literature, and recreation.In Colonial America, the lives of white immigrant, black slave, and American Indian women intersected. Economic, religious, social, and political forces all combined to induce and promote European colonization and the growth of slavery and the slave trade during this period. This volume provides the essential overview of American women's lives in the seventeenth century, as the dominant European settlers established their patriarchy. Women were essential to the existence of a new patriarchal society, most importantly because they were necessary for its reproduction. In addition to their roles Women's roles in American history.WomenUnited StatesHistory17th centuryWomenUnited StatesSocial conditions17th centurySocial roleUnited StatesHistory17th centuryUnited StatesSocial conditionsTo 1865WomenHistoryWomenSocial conditionsSocial roleHistory305.40973/09032Smith Merril D.1956-1712105MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811390303321Women's roles in seventeenth-century America4103971UNINA