Women in the Colonial Era, whether slave, Native American, indentured servants (who were provided free passage to the colonies in exchange for several years of work in the fields or elsewhere), or free, needed to be strong. Slave women were deprived of even the most basic freedoms, forced ...
The flag she sewed had thirteen red and white stripes to symbolize the unity of the American colonies and the British Union Jack in the upper left hand corner. This flag was in use from late 1775 until mid 1777, making Young one of the earliest verified makers of the Flag of the United...
In the American Colonies, women were taught to read so they could read the Bible. They were rarely taught to write their own names. Unless they had strong mothers and enlightened fathers, that was the extent of their education. Many people believed that women were feeble-minded, and incapable...
Anne Bradstreet (March 20, 1612 – September 16, 1672), née Dudley, was the most prominent of early English poets of North America and first writer in England's North American colonies to be published. She is the first Puritan figure in American Literature and notable for her large corpus...
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According to the most recent estimates from the 2019 American Community Survey (ACS), the nonmetropolitan poverty rate was 15.4% in 2019, compared with 11.9% for metropolitan areas. As compared to urban women, rural women spend more time in reproductive and household work. In addition, rural ...
Women’s history is full of trailblazers in the fight for equality in the United States. From Abigail Adams imploring her husband to “remember the ladies” when envisioning a government for the American colonies, to suffragists like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton fighting for women...
Gender studies Redefining Loyalty| Loyalist Women in the American Revolution SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE Rona Holub LeachSianMost histories of the American Revolution have ignored the role of Loyalist women. This thesis argues that Loyalist women were active participants in the American Revolution, and by ...
In Spain and the Spanish colonies in South America in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, gender roles were distinct and the opportunity gap was enormous. Catalina de Erauso compares the two roles through her memoir, “Lieutenant Nun,” where she recounts her life as a transvesti...
Women generally did not fight in the revolution, and the traditional status of Eighteenth Century women meant that they were not publicly able to participate fully in the debates over the revolution. However, in their own sphere, and sometimes out of it, woman participated fully in the revolutio...