This book reconstructs the life of Mehetabel Chandler Coit (1673--1758), the author of what may be the earliest surviving diary by an American woman. A native o

"This book reconstructs the life of Mehetabel Chandler Coit (1673-1758), the author of what may be the earliest surviving diary by an American woman. A native o

A highly readable survey of women's experiences in Latin America from the late fifteenth to the early nineteenth centuries.

A social history of the American colonial period focuses on the daily lives of women, including European immigrants, Native Americans, and slaves, who played a

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