2011-10-31

marycatelli: (Golden Hair)
2011-10-31 09:47 pm

Good Wives

Good Wives:  Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England 1650-1750 by Laurel Thacher Ulrich

The title being a pun, as "Goodwife" was a title of address for a woman of ordinary status.  Though it covers women of higher rank and their roles, too.

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