Ulrich, Laurel.
New York : Vintage Books, 1991.
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Notes:

• Reprint. Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1982.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-281) and index.
• I: Bathsheba — The ways of her household — Deputy husbands — A friendly neighbor — Pretty gentlewomen — II: Eve — The serpent beguiled me — Consort — Travail — Mother of all living — III: Jael — Blessed above women — Viragoes — Captives — Daughters of Zion.
• Examines the lives of women in northern New England in the century from 1650 to 1750, discussing issues of housekeeping, childbearing, churchgoing, and other triumphs and tragedies of everyday life.

Subjects:

• Women — New England — History.
• Women — New England — Social conditions.

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