Within Her Power: Propertied Women in Colonial Virginia / Edition 1

Within Her Power: Propertied Women in Colonial Virginia / Edition 1

by Linda Sturtz
ISBN-10:
0415928826
ISBN-13:
9780415928823
Pub. Date:
05/31/2002
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
ISBN-10:
0415928826
ISBN-13:
9780415928823
Pub. Date:
05/31/2002
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Within Her Power: Propertied Women in Colonial Virginia / Edition 1

Within Her Power: Propertied Women in Colonial Virginia / Edition 1

by Linda Sturtz

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Overview

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 and discretionary authority they enjoyed, the roles they played in the family business,their roles in the later, trans-Atlantic trading framework, and the imperial context within which these colonial women lived, making this a welcome addition to both colonial and women's history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415928823
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 05/31/2002
Series: New World in the Atlantic World
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 294
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Linda Strutz is an Associate Professor of History at Beloit College in Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and TablesList of Standard AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: As if I had been in a new world1. The Ghost Family: Inheritance, Property, and Step-Families2. Hardships upon Women: Anglicization and Property Law3. As though I my self was pr[e]sent: Women with Powers of Attorney4. The Ordinary Women: Business Women and the Local Courts5. A Little Purse to Herself: Cash, Credit, and Shopping6. Madam & Co.: Gender, Family, and Trade EnterprisesConclusion: Any thing will I agree to for the common goodNotesBibliographyIndex
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