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Maids, wives, widows : exploring Early Modern women's lives 1540-1740 / Sara Read.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Read, Sara, 1969- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Great Britain--Social conditions.
- Women.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Social conditions.
- Women--Great Britain--History--16th century.
- Women--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- Women--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 192 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2015.
- Contents:
- Part I Women's Work 1
- Chapter 1 'Goodwives': Marriage and Housewifery 3
- Chapter 2 Women in Business: The Economic Lives of Early Modern Women 15
- Chapter 3 Childcare: Raising Children from Infancy to Adulthood 27
- Part II Personal Care 39
- Chapter 4 Food and Drink 41
- Chapter 5 Women and Dress 54
- Chapter 6 Personal Hygiene and Beauty 65
- Part III Women and Reproduction 75
- Chapter 7 Menstruation: The Time of the Month 77
- Chapter 8 Pregnancy: Being Big with Child 86
- Chapter 9 Giving Birth 96
- Chapter 10 Breastfeeding and Hiring a Wet Nurse 107
- Part IV Women and Religion 117
- Chapter 11 Religion and Worship in Early Modern Women's Lives 119
- Chapter 12 Prophetesses and Preachers: Non-conformist Women 130
- Part V Women in Public Life 145
- Chapter 13 Courts and Criminals 147
- Chapter 14 Women and Politics 158
- Chapter 15 Literary Women 169.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-188) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1473823404
- 9781473823402
- OCLC:
- 914130500
- Publisher Number:
- 99963433960
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