Women of Colonial America
13 Stories of Courage and Survival in the New World
Kids, People and Places, History, Biography, Non-Fiction
| Author: | Brandon Marie Miller | ISBN: | 9781556525391 |
| Publisher: | Chicago Review Press | Publication: | February 1, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Chicago Review Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Brandon Marie Miller |
| ISBN: | 9781556525391 |
| Publisher: | Chicago Review Press |
| Publication: | February 1, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Chicago Review Press |
| Language: | English |
An authentic, rich tapestry of women’s lives in colonial America
Using a host of primary sources, author Brandon Marie Miller recounts the roles, hardships, and daily lives of Native American, European, and African women in 17th- and 18th-century colonial America. Hard work proved a constant for most women—they ensured their family’s survival through their skills while others sold their labor or lived in bondage as indentured servants and slaves. Elizabeth Ashbridge survived an abusive indenture to become a Quaker preacher, Anne Bradstreet penned epic poetry while raising eight children in the wilderness, Anne Hutchinson went toe-to-toe with Puritan authorities, Margaret Hardenbroeck Philipse built a trade empire in New Amsterdam, and Martha Corey lost her life in the vortex of Salem’s witch hunt. With strength, courage, resilience, and resourcefulness, these women and many others played a vital role in the mosaic of life in colonial America.
An authentic, rich tapestry of women’s lives in colonial America
Using a host of primary sources, author Brandon Marie Miller recounts the roles, hardships, and daily lives of Native American, European, and African women in 17th- and 18th-century colonial America. Hard work proved a constant for most women—they ensured their family’s survival through their skills while others sold their labor or lived in bondage as indentured servants and slaves. Elizabeth Ashbridge survived an abusive indenture to become a Quaker preacher, Anne Bradstreet penned epic poetry while raising eight children in the wilderness, Anne Hutchinson went toe-to-toe with Puritan authorities, Margaret Hardenbroeck Philipse built a trade empire in New Amsterdam, and Martha Corey lost her life in the vortex of Salem’s witch hunt. With strength, courage, resilience, and resourcefulness, these women and many others played a vital role in the mosaic of life in colonial America.
