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Women in Colonial and Revolutionary America

Women in Colonial and Revolutionary America. The two big questions. Part I Constants. Work housewives. Work housewives poultry, dairy, garden, slaughterhouse, textile manufacture… and “deputy husband”.

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Women in Colonial and Revolutionary America

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  1. Women in Colonial and Revolutionary America

  2. The two big questions

  3. Part IConstants

  4. Workhousewives

  5. Workhousewivespoultry, dairy, garden, slaughterhouse, textile manufacture…and “deputy husband”

  6. Marriage- Married women’s legal status-Subtle subversion-the rise of companionate marriage-pregnant brides-“my dear child”

  7. Kids-5 to 10 pregnancies-childbirth-kids’ names

  8. -enslaved mothers-did parents love infants less?

  9. Part IIWhat difference did the revolution make?

  10. Women in politics-boycotters-politicians-community organizers -voters (only unmarried New Jerseyans)-the backlash

  11. Women at war-rape victims-“deputy husbands”

  12. Republican motherhood

  13. Conclusion

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