Within her power : propertied women in colonial Virginia / Linda L. Sturtz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sturtz, Linda L., author.

Series:

New World in the Atlantic world.

The New World in the Atlantic world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Virginia--History--17th century.

Women.

Women--Virginia--History--18th century.

Women landowners--Virginia--History.

Women landowners.

Women--Legal status, laws, etc--Virginia--History.

Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Virginia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Linda Sturtz examines the social restrictions on women's behaviour and speech and the opportunities and difficulties faced by women when engaging with the legal system in the Tidewater Region of Virginia during the colonial period.

This is an engaging and comprehensive study of property-owning women in the colony of Tidewater, VA during the 17th & 18th centuries. It examines the social restrictions on women's behaviour and speech, opportunities and difficulties these women encountered in the legal system, the economic and discretionary authority they enjoyed, the roles they played in the family business,their roles in the later, trans-Atlantic trading framework, and the imperial context within which these colonial women lived, making this a welcome addition to both colonial and women's history. This is an engaging and comprehensive study of property-owning women in the colony of Tidewater, VA during the 17th & 18th centuries. It examines the social restrictions on women's behaviour and speech, opportunities and difficulties these women encountered in the legal system, the economic and discretionary authority they enjoyed, the roles they played in the family business,their roles in the later, trans-Atlantic trading framework, and the imperial context within which these colonial women lived, making this a welcome addition to both colonial and women's history.

Contents:

Introduction: "As if I had been in a new world 1. The Ghost Family: Inheritance, Property, and Step-Families 2. "Hardships upon Women": Anglicization and Property Law 3. "As though I my self was pr[e]sent": Women with Powers of Attorney 4. The "Ordinary" Women: Business Women and the Local Courts 5. "A Little Purse to Herself": Cash, Credit, and Shopping 6. "Madam & Co.": Gender, Family, and Trade Enterprises Conclusion: "Any thing will I agree to for the common good"

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-271) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-135-30203-0

0-203-95106-9

0-415-92882-6

1-135-30196-4

9780203951064

OCLC:

862613261