001480128 000__ 05102nam\a22009495i\4500 001480128 001__ 1480128 001480128 003__ DE-B1597 001480128 005__ 20231026035126.0 001480128 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001480128 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001480128 008__ 230918t20092009nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001480128 020__ $$a9780814772966 001480128 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814772966.001.0001$$2doi 001480128 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)547990 001480128 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001480128 0410_ $$aeng 001480128 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001480128 050_4 $$aHQ1058.5.U5 C657 2009 001480128 072_7 $$aHIS036020$$2bisacsh 001480128 08204 $$a306.883097309032 001480128 1001_ $$aConger, Vivian Bruce, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001480128 24514 $$aThe Widows' Might :$$bWidowhood and Gender in Early British America /$$cVivian Bruce Conger. 001480128 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2009] 001480128 264_4 $$c©2009 001480128 300__ $$a1 online resource 001480128 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001480128 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001480128 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001480128 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001480128 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIntroduction: "Lay In A Stock Of Graces Against The Evil Day Of Widowhood" -- $$t1. "Though She Were Yong, Yet She Did Not Affect a Second Marriage": The Cultural Community and Widow Remarriage -- $$t2. "Prosperity & Peace May Alwais Him Attend That to the Widdow Prove Himselfe a Friend": Widows and the Law -- $$t3. "To the Tenderness of a Mother Add the Care and Conduct of a Father": Widows and the Household -- $$t4. "Tho She No More Increase One Family, She May Support Many": Neighborly Widows -- $$t5. "Through Industry and Care Acquired Some Estate of My Own . . . Much Advanced the Same": Widows in the Economic Community -- $$tConclusion: "Witnesses to a Will of Madam Toys" -- $$tNotes -- $$tBibliography -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Author 001480128 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001480128 520__ $$aIn early American society, one's identity was determined in large part by gender. The ways in which men and women engaged with their communities were generally not equal: married women fell under the legal control of their husbands, who handled all negotiations with the outside world, as well as many domestic interactions. The death of a husband enabled women to transcend this strict gender divide. Yet, as a widow, a woman occupied a third, liminal gender in early America, performing an unusual mix of male and female roles in both public and private life.With shrewd analysis of widows' wills as well as prescriptive literature, court appearances, newspaper advertisements, and letters, The Widows' Might explores how widows were portrayed in early American culture, and how widows themselves responded to their unique role. Using a comparative approach, Vivian Bruce Conger deftly analyzes how widows in colonial Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Maryland navigated their domestic, legal, economic, and community roles in early American society. 001480128 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001480128 546__ $$aIn English. 001480128 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023) 001480128 650_0 $$aWidows$$zUnited States$$xEconomic conditions. 001480128 650_0 $$aWidows$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 001480128 650_4 $$aHISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)$$2sh. 001480128 653__ $$aAmerican. 001480128 653__ $$aMight. 001480128 653__ $$aculture. 001480128 653__ $$aearly. 001480128 653__ $$aexplores. 001480128 653__ $$aportrayed. 001480128 653__ $$aresponded. 001480128 653__ $$arole. 001480128 653__ $$atheir. 001480128 653__ $$athemselves. 001480128 653__ $$aunique. 001480128 653__ $$awere. 001480128 653__ $$awidows. 001480128 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001480128 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tNew York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$z9783110706444 001480128 7760_ $$cprint$$z9780814716748 001480128 852__ $$bebk 001480128 85640 $$3De Gruyter$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814772966$$zOnline Access 001480128 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1480128$$pGLOBAL_SET 001480128 912__ $$a978-3-11-070644-4 New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$c2000$$d2013 001480128 912__ $$aEBA_BACKALL 001480128 912__ $$aEBA_CL_HICS 001480128 912__ $$aEBA_EBACKALL 001480128 912__ $$aEBA_EBKALL 001480128 912__ $$aEBA_ECL_HICS 001480128 912__ $$aEBA_EEBKALL 001480128 912__ $$aEBA_ESSHALL 001480128 912__ $$aEBA_PPALL 001480128 912__ $$aEBA_SSHALL 001480128 912__ $$aGBV-deGruyter-alles 001480128 912__ $$aPDA11SSHE 001480128 912__ $$aPDA13ENGE 001480128 912__ $$aPDA17SSHEE 001480128 912__ $$aPDA5EBK 001480128 980__ $$aBIB 001480128 980__ $$aEBOOK 001480128 982__ $$aEbook 001480128 983__ $$aOnline