Notes

• "They farmed the land and educated children. They kept taverns and ran printing presses. They built lives in hostile environments and enabled settlements to flourish. They smoked and drank and had premarital sex. These were the women of colonial America. Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New World is the fist book to focus on the lives of these fascinating women." "Women in Early America examines a unique period in American history when women had immense responsibilities and unusual freedoms. As it explores their struggles for survival and the myriad ways in which they influenced American culture and society, the work answers such intriguing questions as: What sports did women participate in? Were they ever forced to wear a "scarlet letter"? and How did women cope with rural isolation in an untamed wilderness?"–BOOK JACKET