The Colonial and Revolutionary Periods Development of the Labor Force Lecture 1.
Women in Colonial and Revolutionary America
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Women in Colonial and Revolutionary America. The two big questions. Part I Constants. Work housewives. Work housewives poultry, dairy, garden, slaughterhouse, textile manufacture… and “deputy husband”. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Women in Colonial and Revolutionary America
The two big questions
Part I
Constants
Workhousewives
Workhousewives
poultry, dairy, garden, slaughterhouse, textile manufacture…and “deputy husband”
Marriage
- Married women’s legal status-Subtle subversion
-the rise of companionate marriage-pregnant brides-“my dear child”
Kids
-5 to 10 pregnancies-childbirth
-kids’ names
-enslaved mothers-did parents love infants less?
Part IIWhat difference did the revolution make?
Women in politics
-boycotters-politicians
-community organizers -voters (only unmarried New Jerseyans)
-the backlash
Women at war
-rape victims-“deputy husbands”
Republican motherhood
Conclusion