Sturtz Within Her Power

Propertied Women in Colonial Virginia
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-30196-5
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten

Reihe: New World in the Atlantic World

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sturtz, Linda

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations and Tables
List of Standard Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: "As if I had been in a new world"

1. The Ghost Family: Inheritance, Property, and Step-Families
2. "Hardships upon Women": Anglicization and Property Law
3. "As though I my self was pr[e]sent": Women with Powers of Attorney
4. The "Ordinary" Women: Business Women and the Local Courts
5. "A Little Purse to Herself": Cash, Credit, and Shopping
6. "Madam & Co.": Gender, Family, and Trade Enterprises

Conclusion: "Any thing will I agree to for the common good"
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

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