Prepared by Monique Bourque, Nancy K. Zeigler, Bernard L.Herman, Rebecca J. Sides.
Place of Publication
Newark, Del
Publisher
Center for Architecture and Engineering, University of Delaware,
Date of Publication
1990.
Physical Description
v. 93 p. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Photocopy.
Contents
The Architectural Context of the Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital: Setting and Current Appearance Construction Changes in the Structure Early Almshouses and Hospitals of the Lower Delaware Valley / The Social and Cultural Context of the Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital: English Antecedents and Early Pennsylvania Poor Relief General Functions of the Almshouse The Almshouse and the Community Occupants of the Almshouse Conclusions / Recommendations for Future Use.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-227) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Immigrants to Paradise: White Women in the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake -- Ch. 2. Goodwives and Bad: New England Women in the Seventeenth Century -- Ch. 3. The Sisters of Pocahontas: Native American Women in the Centuries of Colonization -- Ch. 4. In a "Babel of Confusion": Women in the Middle Colonies -- Ch. 5. The Rhythms of Labor: African-American Women in Colonial Society -- Ch. 6. The Rise of Gentility: Class and Regional Differences in the Eighteenth Century -- Ch. 7. "Beat of Drum and Ringing of Bell": Women in the American Revolution -- Epilogue. Fair Daughters of Columbia: White Women in the New Republic.
Summary
The Indian, European, and African women of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century America were defenders of their native land, pioneers on the frontier, willing immigrants, and courageous slaves. They were also - as earlier scholars tended to overlook - as important as men in shaping American culture and history. First Generations is one of the first books to examine these women's experiences, to look at them not only as wives, mothers, household managers, laborers, rebels,
but, invariably, as active participants in the creation of their societies. In fascinating biographical portraits and analyses of collective experiences, Carol Berkin conveys the varieties of female lives, separated by class, region, and race but linked by laws and presumptions that defined them by gender.
Ruth Hershey (1895-1990), photographer ; Phyllis Pellman Good, author ; photographs selected and printed by Edwin P. Huddle, a grandson of Ruth Hershey.
Ruth Hershey (1895-1990), photographer ; Phyllis Pellman Good, author ; photographs selected and printed by Edwin P. Huddle, a grandson of Ruth Hershey.
Ruth Hershey (1895-1990), photographer ; Phyllis Pellman Good, author ; photographs selected and printed by Edwin P. Huddle, a grandson of Ruth Hershey.
A select collection of remarkable trials : in one volume. Viz. of The Duke of Norfolk, and the Lady Mary Mordaunt, for a divorce. ... Christopher Layer, Esq. ; for high treason
A snapshot evaluation of stream environmental quality in the Little Conestoga Creek Basin, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania a cooperative project between the residents of Lancaster County, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, and the U.S. Geological Survey
