History of American Women, 1600-1900 Series: To Comfort the Heart: Women in Seventeenth-Century Amer

This series helps meet the need for an encyclopedic overview of the roles women have played in shaping America. Each volume draws on a wealth of primary and secondary sources to assess the experiences and contributions of American women; concentrates on a discrete period of American history; and covers areas such as labor, the professions, education, the law and domestic life.