LEADER 02434oam 2200505 450 001 9910782742903321 005 20221011141637.0 010 $a1-282-36147-3 010 $a9786612361470 010 $a0-313-08706-7 035 $a(OCoLC)426030998 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL2MCB 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000707745 100 $a20080307d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWomen's roles in seventeenth-century America /$fMerril D. Smith 210 $aWestport, Conn. $cGreenwood Press$d2008 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cGreenwood Press,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (xxviii, 183 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aWomen's roles in American history,$x1553-507X 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-313-33976-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [171]-175) and index. 327 $aWomen and the family -- Women and law -- Women and immigration -- Women and work -- Women and religion -- Women and war -- Women and education, literature, and recreation. 330 $aIn Colonial America, the lives of white immigrant, black slave, and American Indian women intersected. Economic, religious, social, and political forces all combined to induce and promote European colonization and the growth of slavery and the slave trade during this period. This volume provides the essential overview of American women's lives in the seventeenth century, as the dominant European settlers established their patriarchy. Women were essential to the existence of a new patriarchal society, most importantly because they were necessary for its reproduction. In addition to their roles 410 0$aWomen's roles in American history. 606 $aWomen$zUnited States$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aWomen$zUnited States$xSocial conditions$y17th century 606 $aSocial role$zUnited States$xHistory$y17th century 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$yTo 1865 615 0$aWomen$xHistory 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions 615 0$aSocial role$xHistory 676 $a305.40973/09032 700 $aSmith$b Merril D.$f1956-$01498258 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782742903321 996 $aWomen's roles in seventeenth-century America$93723768 997 $aUNINA