Within Her Power : Propertied Women in Colonial Virginia.
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...
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| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Series: | New World in the Atlantic world.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: ""As if I Had Been in a New World""; 1 The Ghost Family: Inheritance, Property, and Stepfamilies; 2 ""Hardship upon Women"": Anglicization and Property Law; 3 ""As Though I My Self Was Pr[e]sent"": Women with Power of Attorney; 4 The ""Ordinary"" Women: Business Owners 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"": Toward the RevolutionNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index.