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A Major U.S. Historian Series No. 3. “Colonial Dames and Good Wives” by Alice Morse Earle published by Houghton Mifflin 1895.
Note: This book is 'read as written'. It was published in 1895. It is in the public domain.
Alice Morse Earle's writings, beginning in 1890, focused on small sociological details rather than grand details, and thus are invaluable for modern social historians.
CONTENTS:
Chapter I. “Consorts and Relicts”
II. “Women of Affairs”
III. "Double-Tongued and Naughty Women"
IV. “Boston Neighbors”
V. “A Fearful Female Travailler”
VI. “Two Colonial Adventuresses”
VII. “The Universal Friend”
VIII. “Eighteenth-Century Manners”
IX. “Their Amusements and Accomplishments”
X. “Daughters of Liberty”
XI. “A Revolutionary Housewife”
XII. “Fireside Industries”
Note: This book is 'read as written'. It was published in 1895. It is in the public domain.
Alice Morse Earle's writings, beginning in 1890, focused on small sociological details rather than grand details, and thus are invaluable for modern social historians.
CONTENTS:
Chapter I. “Consorts and Relicts”
II. “Women of Affairs”
III. "Double-Tongued and Naughty Women"
IV. “Boston Neighbors”
V. “A Fearful Female Travailler”
VI. “Two Colonial Adventuresses”
VII. “The Universal Friend”
VIII. “Eighteenth-Century Manners”
IX. “Their Amusements and Accomplishments”
X. “Daughters of Liberty”
XI. “A Revolutionary Housewife”
XII. “Fireside Industries”