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
