The Widows' Might: Widowhood and Gender in Early British America

ISBN: 9780814716748 出版年：2009 页码：257 Conger New York University Press

Acknowledgments Introduction: "Lay In A Stock Of Graces Against The Evil Day Of Widowhood" 1 " Though She Were Yong, Yet She Did Not Affect a Second Marriage": The Cultural Community and Widow Remarriage 2 " Prosperity & Peace May Alwais Him Attend That to the Widdow Prove Himselfe a Friend": Widows and the Law 3 " To the Tenderness of a Mother Add the Care and Conduct of a Father": Widows and the Household 4 " Tho She No More Increase One Family, She May Support Many": Neighborly Widows 5 " Through Industry and Care Acquired Some Estate of My Own ... Much Advanced the Same": Widows in the Economic Community Conclusion: "Witnesses to a Will of Madam Toys" Notes Bibliography Index About the Author