Early American Women: A Documentary History 1600-1900: Third EditionEarly American Women presents over 100 primary sources in womenËs history. Throughout, the lives and experiences of American women from a variety of cultures from the colonial era through the nineteenth century are presented in rich detail.
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Contents
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WellOrdered Families | 25 |
The Colonial Economy | 47 |
LAWS ON SLAVE DESCENT | 53 |
APPRENTICESHIP IN PENNSYLVANIA | 59 |
Women and the | 70 |
Religious Experiences | 97 |
The Revolutionary | 120 |
Western Frontiers | 191 |
A SPANISH MISSION IN CALIFORNIA | 193 |
Mistress and Slave | 219 |
The Reform Impulse | 240 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 261 |
THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY 18601900 | 265 |
Civil War and Reconstruction | 267 |
Urban Wage Earners | 300 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 141 |
THE YOUNG NATION 18001860 | 145 |
The School and the Mill | 166 |
A CHOCTAW MISSION SCHOOL | 173 |
RULES OF THE MILL Lowell and Lancaster 18201840 | 180 |
A SPIRIT OF PROTEST The Voice of Industry 1846 | 187 |
College Women | 319 |
Clubs Causes and Reform | 342 |
Woman SuffrageWomens Rights | 363 |
New WomenNew Century | 383 |
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