Women's life and work in the Southern colonies Julia Cherry Spruill ; new introd. by Anne Firor Scott

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spruill, Julia Cherry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Southern States--History.

Women.

Southern States--Social life and customs--To 1775.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

xviii, 426 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Norton, 1998, 1972.

Summary:

A seminal work exploring the daily life and status of southern women in colonial America, describes the domestic occupation, social life, education, and role in government of women of varied classes. NjBwBT

Contents:

Women wanted

From hut to mansion

"in the increasing way'

Housewives and their helpers

Pleasures and pastimes

Wardrobe and toilet

Courtship and marriage-making

Conjugal felicity and domestic discord

The schooling of girls

The lady's library

Participation in public affairs

Professional occupations

Shopkeepers and artisans

Tavern hostesses and planters

Crimes and punishments

Under the law.

Notes:

First published in 1938 ; this version "First published as a Norton paperback 1972 by arrangement with the University of North Carolina Press; reissued with a new introduction 1998."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-394) and index.

ISBN:

0393317587

9780393317589

OCLC:

39090663