The influence of women in the colonial family and the community is examined using tax and probate records of southside Colonial Virginia.

New York Public Library Teen Book List In colonial America, hard work proved a constant for most women—some ensured their family's survival through their skil

Indian, European, and African women of seventeenth and eighteenth-century America were defenders of their native land, pioneers on the frontier, willing immigra

In the Age of Revolution, how did American women conceive their lives and marital obligations? By examining the attitudes and behaviors surrounding the contenti