Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Brabbling Women in Early Virginia 1
5. 1. Women, Misrule, and Political Culture 19
6. 2. Sexual Stories: Narratives of Consent and Coercion 45
7. 3. Unwifely Speeches and the Authority of Husbands 67
8. 4. Freedom, Dependency, and the Power of Women's Speech 89
9. 5. Widows, Fictive Widows, and the Management of Households 117
10. Conclusion: Toward the Eighteenth Century 140
11. Notes 145
12. Index 179