[PDF.54ae] Not All Wives: Women of Colonial Philadelphia

Not All Wives: Women of Colonial Philadelphia

[PDF.lm61] Not All Wives: Women of Colonial Philadelphia

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 | #787441 in Books |  University of Pennsylvania Press |  2005-05-13 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.55 x5.98l,.82 | File type: PDF | 240 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Fascinating; Great Contribution|By Learning New Ways|Excellent book. Well researched account of women in colonial Philadelphia and Pennsylvania that differentiates that culture and its beliefs from colonial New England as well as from the South.

The book is very thorough and looks at a full range of Quaker women's positions, behaviors and beliefs, from Quaker father

Marital status was a fundamental legal and cultural feature of women's identity in the eighteenth century. Free women who were not married could own property and make wills, contracts, and court appearances, rights that the law of coverture prevented their married sisters from enjoying. Karin Wulf explores the significance of marital status in this account of unmarried women in Philadelphia, the largest city in the British colonies.

In a major act of historical...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Not All Wives: Women of Colonial Philadelphia   |  Karin Wulf. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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