{"product_id":"2940148818199","title":"Woman's Life in Colonial Days","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • illustrations\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS (abridged list)\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I — COLONIAL WOMAN AND RELIGION\u003cbr\u003e    The Spirit of Woman — The Suffering of Women — The Era of Adventure — Privation and Death in the First Colonial Days — Descriptions by Prince, Bradford, Johnson, etc. — Early Concord.\u003cbr\u003e    Woman and Her Religion — Its Unyielding Quality — Its Repressive Effect on Woman — Wigglesworth's Day of Doom — What It Taught Woman — Necessity of Early Baptism — Edward's Eternity of Hell Torment — Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God — Effect on Womanhood — Personal Devils — Dangers of Earthly Love — God's Sudden Punishments.\u003cbr\u003e    Inherited Nervousness — Fears in Childhood — Theological Precocity.\u003cbr\u003e    Woman's Day of Rest — Sabbath Rules and Customs — A Typical Sabbath.\u003cbr\u003e    Religion and Woman's Foibles — Religious Regulations — Effect on Dress — Women's Singing in Church — Southern Opinion of Northern Severity — Effect of Feminine Repression.\u003cbr\u003e    Woman's Comfort in Religion — An Intolerant Era — Religious Gatherings for Women — Formal Meetings with Mrs. Hutchinson — Causes of Complaint — Meetings of Quaker Women.\u003cbr\u003e    Female Rebellion — The Antinomians — Activities of Anne Hutchinson — Her Doctrines — Her Banishment — Emotional Starvation — Dread of Heresy — Anne Hutchinson's Death.\u003cbr\u003e    Woman and Witchcraft — Universal Belief in Witchcraft — Signs of Witchcraft — Causes of the Belief — Lack of Recreation — Origin of Witchcraft Mania — Echoes from the Trials — Waning of the Mania.\u003cbr\u003e    Religion Outside of New England — First Church in Virginia — Southern Strictness — Woman's Religious Testimony — Religious Sanity — The Dutch Church — General Conclusions.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II — COLONIAL WOMAN AND EDUCATION\u003cbr\u003e...\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III — COLONIAL WOMAN AND THE HOME\u003cbr\u003e...\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV — COLONIAL WOMAN AND DRESS\u003cbr\u003e...\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V — COLONIAL WOMAN AND SOCIAL LIFE\u003cbr\u003e...\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI — COLONIAL WOMAN AND MARRIAGE\u003cbr\u003e...\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII — COLONIAL WOMAN AND THE INITIATIVE\u003cbr\u003e    Religious Initiative — Anne Hutchinson's Use of Brains — Bravery of Quaker Women — Perseverance of Mary Dyer — Martyrdom of Quakers.\u003cbr\u003e    Commercial Initiative — Dabbling in State Affairs — Women as Merchants — Mrs. Franklin in Business — Pay for Women Teachers — Women as Plantation Managers — Example of Eliza Pinckney — Her Busy Day — Martha Washington as Manager.\u003cbr\u003e    Woman's Legal Powers — Right to Own and Will Property — John Todd's Will — A Church Attempts to Cheat a Woman — Astonishing Career of Margaret Brent — Women Fortify Boston Neck — Tompson's Satire on it — Feminine Initiative at Nantucket.\u003cbr\u003e    Patriotic Initiative and Courage\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108899963120,"sku":"2940148818199","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148818199_p0.jpg?v=1763708733","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148818199","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}