Beschreibung:
Debra A. Meyers
Common Whores, Vertuous Women, and Loveing Wives takes a revisionist approach to the study of women and religion in colonial Maryland and adds considerably to our understanding of the social and cultural importance of religion in early America.
Preliminary Table of Contents:AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1.Maryland's Raison d'étre2.Private Lives3.Religion in the New World4.Women and Religion5.Religion, Property, and the Family6.Free Will Christian Women's Public AuthorityConclusionSelected BibliographyIndex