| Edition |
1st Vintage Books ed. |
| Description |
xv, 296 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1982. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-281) and index. |
| Contents |
I: Bathsheba -- The ways of her household -- Deputy husbands -- A friendly neighbor -- Pretty gentlewomen -- II: Eve -- The serpent beguiled me -- Consort -- Travail -- Mother of all living -- III: Jael -- Blessed above women -- Viragoes -- Captives -- Daughters of Zion. |
| Summary |
Examines the lives of women in northern New England in the century from 1650 to 1750, discussing issues of housekeeping, childbearing, churchgoing, and other triumphs and tragedies of everyday life. |
| Subject |
Women -- New England -- History.
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Women -- New England -- Social conditions.
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Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
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Women -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01176947
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New England. (OCoLC)fst01241913
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0679732578 |
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9780679732570 |
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