Founding Mothers & Fathers: Gendered Power and the Forming of American Society by Mary Beth Norton

Founding Mothers & Fathers: Gendered Power and the Forming of American Society

Mary Beth Norton

512 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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In this pioneering study of the ways in which the first settlers defined the power, prerogatives, and responsibilities of the sexes, one of our most incisive historians opens a window onto the world of Colonial America. Drawing on a wealth of cont...

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