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

Name: Founding Mothers and Fathers Gendered Power and the Forming of American Society
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ISBN: 9780679749776

ISBN-10: 0679749772

ISBN-13: 9780679749776

Edition: 1997

Authors: Mary Beth Norton, Mary B. Norton

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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 contemporary documents, Mary Beth Norton tells the story of the Pinion clan, whose two-generation record of theft, adultery, and infanticide may have made them our first dysfunctional family. She reopens the case of Mistress Ann Hibbens, whose church excommunicated her for arguing that God had told husbands to listen to their wives. And here is the enigma of Thomas, or Thomasine Hall, who lived comfortably as both a man and a woman in 17th century…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/29/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.80" long x 1.01" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Gendered Power in the Family


Prologue: The Government of Familyes



The First Society



A Little Monarchy



Free in Liberty



Gendered Power in the Community


Prologue: Searchers Againe Assembled



Communities of Men, Communities of Women



Amongst the Neighbors



Gendered Power in the State


Prologue: His Lordship's Attorney



Fathers and Magistrates, Authority and Consent



Marvelous Wickedness



Husband, Preacher, Magistrate


Conclusion


Author's Note


Appendix: Data and Methodology


Abbreviations Used in the Notes


Notes


Index