Women in History
3 total works
Under Control is a valuable resource for nineteenth-century industrial, economic and social history based on original research. It uses many previously unpublished documents and contains case studies with a range of questions and suggestions for further study.
Challenges the popular myth of medieval women in the home, working at their tapestry, through a range of primary sources. The authors look at marriage and childbirth in the Middle Ages and then examine the day-to-day lives of women at all levels of society.
From the harsh desolation of life on the Great Plains to the lawlessness of the Western towns - women settlers were daily faced with new challenges. The authors look at the experiences of women in the Wild West and consider how their lives were affected by their new social and physical environments.