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© 2017 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

© 2017 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

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
Brabbling Women
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https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801469930-009

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
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