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Introduction: "Not All Wives": The Problem of Marriage in Early America | 1 | |
Women, Marriage, and the Historical Literature | 6 | |
Aunt Bek's Oddity: Situating Unmarried Women in Urban and Regional Cultures | 11 | |
Ch. 1 | Martha Cooper's Choice: Literature and Mentality | 25 |
Representations of Marriage: Tyrants and Virgins | 32 | |
Counter-Claims: Liberated Spinsters | 41 | |
Reading, Writing, and Learning Singleness | 45 | |
Ch. 2 | Elizabeth Norris's Reign: Religion and Self | 53 |
Quaker Culture and a Female Self | 56 | |
Marriage, Religion, and Female Individualism | 70 | |
Singleness and Radical Religious Community in Pennsylvania | 75 | |
Ch. 3 | Mary Sandwith's Spouse: Family and Household | 85 |
Gender and Household Hierarchy | 88 | |
Unmarried Women in Rural and Urban Households | 90 | |
Widows Keeping House | 97 | |
Servants and Slaves | 102 | |
Sisters, Aunts, and Cousins | 106 | |
Household Partnerships | 110 | |
Ch. 4 | Rachel Draper's Neighborhood: Work and Community | 119 |
Neighborhood Community | 121 | |
Women's Work and the Urban Economy | 130 | |
Marriage, Work, and Community | 148 | |
Ch. 5 | Ann Dunlap's "Great Want": Poverty and Public Policy | 153 |
Poor Women and Poor Relief | 156 | |
Gender, Dependence, and Poor-Relief Policy | 166 | |
Ch. 6 | Lydia Hyde's Petition: Property and Political Culture | 181 |
Property and Political Authority | 187 | |
From Property to Masculinity | 195 | |
Women, Marriage, and the Transformation of Political Culture | 200 | |
Index | 211 |
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