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Early American Women: a Documentary History 1600 - 1900

by Woloch, Nancy

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Early American Womenpresents over 100 primary sources in women's 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.

PART 1 A NEW WORLD: THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES 1

1 First Encounters 3

NARRAGANSETT WOMEN, Roger Williams, 1643 5

WOMEN’S LIVES AMONG THE DELAWARE, John Heckewelder, 1819 9

IROQUOIS WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT, Pierre de Charlevoix, 1721 12

A NEW ENGLAND CAPTIVITY, Mary Rowlandson, 1681 14

LIFE AMONG THE SENECA, Mary Jemison, 1824 20

THE FIRST SHIP, A Chinook Tale 22

2 Well-Ordered Families 25

HUSBANDS AND WIVES, Benjamin Wadsworth, 1712 27

EVANGELICAL CHILD-REARING, Susanna Wesley, 1732 29

TO IMPROVE IN EVERY VIRTUE, Eliza Pinckney, 1750s 33

TIED HAND AND FOOT, Esther Burr, 1756–1757 35

AN ABOMINABLE WICKEDNESS, Abigail Bailey, 1815 41

A DECREE ON SEDUCTION, New Spain, 1752 45

3 The Colonial Economy 47

GROWING CORN/GRINDING CORN, Cherokee and Zuni Tales 50

LAWS ON SLAVE DESCENT, Virginia and Maryland, 1662–1692 53

SKILLED SLAVES IN MARYLAND, The Maryland Gazette, 1748–1763 55

AN INDENTURED SERVANT’S COMPLAINT, Elizabeth Sprigs, 1756 57

APPRENTICESHIP IN PENNSYLVANIA, List of Indentures, 1771–1773 59

ADVENTURE SCHOOLS, Advertisements, 1750s–1770s 61

A MAINE MIDWIFE, Martha Ballard, 1785 64

4 Women and the Law 70

AN ANTENUPTIAL CONTRACT, Massachusetts, 1653 72

DIVORCE IN NEW ENGLAND, Connecticut, 1655–1678 74

A SEPARATION DECISION, Maryland, 1680 76

A FEME SOLE TRADER ACT, South Carolina, 1744 78

MALEFACTORS AND COMPLAINANTS, Massachusetts, 1675–1680 79

WIDOWS, WILLS, AND DOWER RIGHTS, Virginia, 1642, and New York, 1721–1759 83

WOMEN’S ESTATES, Massachusetts, 1664, and New York, 1747–1759 87

ACCUSATIONS AGAINST ELIZABETH MORSE, Massachusetts, 1679–1680 90

5 Religious Experiences 97

THE GHOST WIFE, (Pawnee Tale) 99

A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Anne Bradstreet, ca. 1670 101

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PART 1 A NEW WORLD: THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES 1

1 First Encounters 3

NARRAGANSETT WOMEN, Roger Williams, 1643 5

WOMEN’S LIVES AMONG THE DELAWARE, John Heckewelder, 1819 9

IROQUOIS WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT, Pierre de Charlevoix, 1721 12

A NEW ENGLAND CAPTIVITY, Mary Rowlandson, 1681 14

LIFE AMONG THE SENECA, Mary Jemison, 1824 20

THE FIRST SHIP, A Chinook Tale 22

2 Well-Ordered Families 25

HUSBANDS AND WIVES, Benjamin Wadsworth, 1712 27

EVANGELICAL CHILD-REARING, Susanna Wesley, 1732 29

TO IMPROVE IN EVERY VIRTUE, Eliza Pinckney, 1750s 33

TIED HAND AND FOOT, Esther Burr, 1756–1757 35

AN ABOMINABLE WICKEDNESS, Abigail Bailey, 1815 41

A DECREE ON SEDUCTION, New Spain, 1752 45

3 The Colonial Economy 47

GROWING CORN/GRINDING CORN, Cherokee and Zuni Tales 50

LAWS ON SLAVE DESCENT, Virginia and Maryland, 1662–1692 53

SKILLED SLAVES IN MARYLAND, The Maryland Gazette, 1748–1763 55

AN INDENTURED SERVANT’S COMPLAINT, Elizabeth Sprigs, 1756 57

APPRENTICESHIP IN PENNSYLVANIA, List of Indentures, 1771–1773 59

ADVENTURE SCHOOLS, Advertisements, 1750s–1770s 61

A MAINE MIDWIFE, Martha Ballard, 1785 64

4 Women and the Law 70

AN ANTENUPTIAL CONTRACT, Massachusetts, 1653 72

DIVORCE IN NEW ENGLAND, Connecticut, 1655–1678 74

A SEPARATION DECISION, Maryland, 1680 76

A FEME SOLE TRADER ACT, South Carolina, 1744 78

MALEFACTORS AND COMPLAINANTS, Massachusetts, 1675–1680 79

WIDOWS, WILLS, AND DOWER RIGHTS, Virginia, 1642, and New York, 1721–1759 83

WOMEN’S ESTATES, Massachusetts, 1664, and New York, 1747–1759 87

ACCUSATIONS AGAINST ELIZABETH MORSE, Massachusetts, 1679–1680 90

5 Religious Experiences 97

THE GHOST WIFE, (Pawnee Tale) 99

A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Anne Bradstreet, ca. 1670 101

ANNE HUTCHINSON’S TRIAL, Massachusetts Bay, 1637 105

AN EPISTLE TO QUAKER WOMEN, Lancashire Women’s Meeting, 1675 113

NARRATIVE OF OLD ELIZABETH, A Former Slave Recalls Her Religious Conversion of the 1770s 115

“JEWISHNESS IS PUSHED ASIDE HERE”, Rebecca Alexander Samuel, 1790s 118

6 The Revolutionary Era 120

AN ADDRESS TO GEORGE III, Phillis Wheatley, 1768 123

A CAROLINA PATRIOT, Eliza Wilkinson, 1782 124

A LOYALIST WIFE, Grace Galloway, 1778–1779 126

DESCRIPTION OF MOLLY BRANT, MOHAWK AND LOYALIST, Hannah Lawrence Schieffelin, c. 1780 129

REMEMBER THE LADIES, Abigail Adams, 1776 130

THOUGHTS UPON FEMALE EDUCATION, Benjamin Rush, 1787 133

EXCELLENCY IN OUR SEX, Judith Sargent Murray, 1790 137

FROM CHARLOTTE TEMPLE, Susanna Haswell Rowson, 1791 140

Suggestions for Further Reading 141

PART 2 THE YOUNG NATION, 1800–1860 145

7 The Middle Class: Domestic Lives 147

MATRIMONIAL RISKS, Emma Willard, 1815 149

THE DEFERENTIAL WIFE, Caroline Gilman, 1838 151

SYSTEM AND ORDER, Catharine Beecher, 1841 153

FIRST TO NONE, Catharine M. Sedgwick, 1828 156

THE WIDOWED STATE, Sarah Connell Ayer, 1832–1833 158

8 The School and the Mill 166

RULES OF THE SCHOOL, Eliza Ann Mulford, 1814 168

A RATIONALE FOR FEMALE EDUCATION, Emma Willard, 1819 170

A CHOCTAW MISSION SCHOOL, Miss Burnham’s Report, 1824 173

REPORTS ON WESTERN SCHOOLS, Letters from Teachers, 1847 176

RULES OF THE MILL, Lowell and Lancaster, 1820–1840 180

A LETTER FROM LOWELL, Harriet Farley, 1844 183

A SPIRIT OF PROTEST, The Voice of Industry, 1846 187

9 Western Frontiers 191

A SPANISH MISSION IN CALIFORNIA, Eulalia Perez on the 1820s 193

A NORWEGIAN IMMIGRANT IN WISCONSIN, Jannicke Saehle, 1847 197

A MORMON CONVERT CROSSES THE PLAINS, Jean Rio Baker, 1851 200

A WOMAN’S VIEW OF THE GOLD RUSH, Mary B. Ballou, 1852 205