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Women of Colonial America : 13 stories of courage and survival in the New World / Brandon Marie Miller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Brandon Marie, author.
- Series:
- Women of action series.
- Women of Action Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Women.
- Women--United States--History--17th century--Juvenile literature.
- United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- United States.
- United States--Social life and customs--To 1775--Juvenile literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, [Illinois] : Chicago Review Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "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. Even in this world defined entirely by men, a world where no one thought it important to record a female's thoughts, women found ways to step forth. 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. Martha Corey lost her life in the vortex of Salem's witch hunt. And Eve, a Virginia slave, twice ran away to freedom. With strength, courage, resilience, and resourcefulness, these women and many others played a vital role in the mosaic of life in colonial America"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-55652-488-9
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