Women's Life and Work in the Southern Colonies

Name/Title

Women's Life and Work in the Southern Colonies

Entry/Object ID

2012.010.064

Description

A comprehensive study of the daily life and status of women in southern colonial America. Topics include women's roles in the settlement of the colonies; their homes, domestic occupations, and social life; the aims and methods of their education; their role in government and business affairs outside the home; and the manner in which they were regarded by the law and by society in general. x, 426 p. ; ill. : 20 cm. (softcover)

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2012.010.

Source or Donor

Estate of Emily Ravenel Farrow

Acquisition Method

Bequest

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Family, marriage, women, Women, Women--Southern States--History, Southern States--Social life and customs--To 1775

Book Details

Author

Spruill, Julia Cherry

Publisher

W.W. Norton

Place Published

Location

New York, NY

Date Published

1972

Call No.

HQ1416 .S65 1972

ISBN

039300662X

LCCN

72006149

Notes

Copy No.: 2

Location

Location

Room

Museum Mgr's Office

Building

ARH

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: By Julia Cherry Spruill with a new introduction by Anne Firor Scott. Reprint of the 1938 ed., with a new introduction. Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-394) and index. Per Katherine Saunders Pemberton: Has a lot of really good information about 18th women’s rights (like property rights, rights to be heard in court, etc.). Uses a lot of Charleston info—especially Charleston newspapers

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Create Date

June 27, 2012

Updated By

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Update Date

April 5, 2023