Women of Colonial America
13 Stories of Courage and Survival in the New World
Chicago Review Press · Print & ebook · August 23, 2022
An authentic, rich tapestry of women’s lives in colonial America.
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- Colonial & Revolutionary America for Teens, Women's Lives, Lives in History
- Published
- Chicago Review Press, August 23, 2022
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An authentic, rich tapestry of women’s lives in colonial America. 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.
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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, and Martha Corey lost her life in the vortex of Salem’s witch hunt. With strength, courage, resilience, and resourcefulness, these women and many others played a vital role in the mosaic of life in colonial America.
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| Colonial & Revolutionary America for Teens | 84% |
|---|---|
| Lives in History | 82% |
| Women's Lives | 69% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Women's Lives
- Colonial America (to 1775)
- Biographies of Women for Kids
- Gender Studies
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- Colonial & Revolutionary America for Teens
- Authors
- Brandon Marie Miller
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Published
- August 23, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Women's Lives