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The Widows' Might: Widowhood and Gender in Early British America

The Widows' Might: Widowhood and Gender in Early British America

Conger, Vivian Bruce

Hardcover

Colonial Period (1600-1775)General World HistoryWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0814716741
ISBN13: 9780814716748
Publisher: New York Univ Pr
Published: Mar 1 2009
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.83 Width: 6.28 Depth: 8.93
Language: English

In early American society, one's identity was determined in large part by gender. The ways in which men and women engaged with their communities were generally not equal: married women fell under the legal control of their husbands, who handled all negotiations with the outside world, as well as many domestic interactions. The death of a husband enabled women to transcend this strict gender divide. Yet, as a widow, a woman occupied a third, liminal gender in early America, performing an unusual mix of male and female roles in both public and private life.

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