Kimberly Gauderman: 1 book
Women's Lives in Colonial Quito
Gender, Law, and Economy in Spanish America
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
What did it mean to be a woman in colonial Spanish America? Given the many advances in women's rights since the nineteenth century, we might assume that colonial women had few rights and were fully subordinated to male authority in the family and in society—but we'd be wrong. In this provocative study,...
