Colonial Dames and Good Wives

Colonial Dames and Good Wives
Author: Alice Morse Earle
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2024-08-31
Genre: History
ISBN:
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Welcome to the insightful world of Alice Morse Earle's "Colonial Dames and Good Wives," where history unfolds through the lives of remarkable women who shaped early American society with resilience, ingenuity, and unwavering strength. Step into the past as Alice Morse Earle explores the lives of colonial women, from the bustling streets of New England towns to the quiet hearths of rural homesteads. Through meticulous research and vivid storytelling, Earle illuminates the daily lives, challenges, and triumphs of these unsung heroines. Discover the diverse roles and responsibilities of colonial women as they navigated the demands of family, community, and nation-building. From managing households and gardens to participating in civic affairs, each chapter offers a glimpse into the multifaceted lives of these pioneering women. Through Earle's engaging prose and insightful analysis, readers are transported to a time when strength and resilience were essential virtues. Her narrative celebrates the contributions of colonial women, shedding light on their enduring impact on American culture and society. As you delve into "Colonial Dames and Good Wives," you'll encounter stories of courage, resourcefulness, and determination that resonate across centuries. Earle's deep admiration for her subjects shines through, offering readers a deeper understanding of the challenges and triumphs faced by early American women. This book is more than a historical account—it's a tribute to the spirit of colonial women who shaped the fabric of American life. Earle's meticulous research and empathetic storytelling bring their stories to life, inviting readers to celebrate their legacy and contributions. Whether you're a student of history, a lover of biographical narratives, or simply curious about the lives of early American women, "Colonial Dames and Good Wives" promises an enriching journey through the untold stories of resilience and fortitude. Don't miss your chance to explore the world of colonial women with Alice Morse Earle. Order your copy of "Colonial Dames and Good Wives" today and discover the enduring legacy of these remarkable women who shaped the course of American history.

Notable Women of Pennsylvania

Notable Women of Pennsylvania
Author: Gertrude Bosler Biddle
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2016-11-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1512814474
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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Good Stories Reprinted from the Ladies' Home Journal of Philadelphia

Good Stories Reprinted from the Ladies' Home Journal of Philadelphia
Author: Various
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2019-12-24
Genre: Humor
ISBN:
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"Good Stories Reprinted from the Ladies' Home Journal of Philadelphia" by Various. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

The Good Women of the Parish

The Good Women of the Parish
Author: Katherine L. French
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2013-02-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 0812201965
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There was immense social and economic upheaval between the Black Death and the English Reformation, and contemporary writers often blamed this upheaval on immorality, singling out women's behavior for particular censure. Late medieval moral treatises and sermons increasingly connected good behavior for women with Christianity, and their failure to conform to sin. Katherine L. French argues, however, that medieval laywomen both coped with the chaotic changes following the plague and justified their own changing behavior by participating in local religion. Through active engagement in the parish church, the basic unit of public worship, women promoted and validated their own interests and responsibilities. Scholarship on medieval women's religious experiences has focused primarily on elite women, nuns, and mystics who either were literate enough to leave written records of their religious ideas and behavior or had access to literate men who did this for them. Most women, however, were not literate, were not members of religious orders, and did not have private confessors. As The Good Women of the Parish shows, the great majority of women practiced their religion in a parish church. By looking at women's contributions to parish maintenance, the ways they shaped the liturgy and church seating arrangements, and their increasing opportunities for collective action in all-women's groups, the book argues that gendered behavior was central to parish life and that women's parish activities gave them increasing visibility and even, on occasion, authority. In the face of demands for silence, modesty, and passivity, women of every social status used religious practices as an important source of self-expression, creativity, and agency.

Let Something Good Be Said

Let Something Good Be Said
Author: Frances E. Willard
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2024-04-22
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0252056493
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The definitive collection of speeches and writings of one of America's most important social reformers Celebrated as the most famous woman in America at the time of her death in 1898, Frances E. Willard was a leading nineteenth-century American temperance and women's rights reformer and a powerful orator. President of Evanston College for Ladies (before it merged with Northwestern University) and then professor of rhetoric and aesthetics and the first dean of women at Northwestern, Willard is best known for leading the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), America's largest women's organization. The WCTU shaped both domestic and international opinion on major political, economic, and social reform issues, including temperance, women's rights, and the rising labor movement. In what Willard regarded as her most important and far-reaching reform, she championed a new ideal of a powerful, independent womanhood and encouraged women to become active agents of social change. Willard's reputation as a powerful reformer reached its height with her election as president of the National Council of Women in 1888. This definitive collection follows Willard's public reform career, providing primary documents as well as the historical context necessary to clearly demonstrate her skill as a speaker and writer who addressed audiences as diverse as political conventions, national women's organizations, teen girls, state legislators, church groups, and temperance advocates. Including Willard's representative speeches and published writings on everything from temperance and women's rights to the new labor movement and Christian socialism, Let Something Good Be Said is the first volume to collect the messages of one of America's most important social reformers who inspired a generation of women to activism.