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Women in Colonial and Revolutionary America

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Page 1: Women in Colonial and Revolutionary America. The two big questions

Women in Colonial and Revolutionary America

Page 2: Women in Colonial and Revolutionary America. The two big questions

The two big questions

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Part I

Constants

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Workhousewives

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Workhousewives

poultry, dairy, garden, slaughterhouse, textile manufacture…and “deputy husband”

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Marriage

- Married women’s legal status-Subtle subversion

-the rise of companionate marriage-pregnant brides-“my dear child”

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Kids

-5 to 10 pregnancies-childbirth

-kids’ names

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-enslaved mothers-did parents love infants less?

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Part IIWhat difference did the revolution make?

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Women in politics

-boycotters-politicians

-community organizers -voters (only unmarried New Jerseyans)

-the backlash

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Women at war

-rape victims-“deputy husbands”

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Republican motherhood

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Conclusion