Project Gutenberg 2023-08-31 Public domain in the USA. 163 Earle, Alice Morse 1851 1911 Earle, Mary Alice Morse Colonial dames and good wives $aBoston & New York :$bHoughton, Mifflin & Company, $c1895. The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Colonial Dames and Good Wives" by Alice Morse Earle is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work explores the lives and roles of women in the early American colonies, focusing on their contributions to society and family life during that period. Earle sheds light on various aspects of colonial women's experiences, including marriage, widowhood, and their involvement in the community. At the start of the book, Earle introduces the notion of the significantly different experiences men and women faced in the colonial settlements, particularly in Massachusetts and Virginia. She describes the early days of the colonies, illustrating how the scarcity of women in Virginia led to the importation of brides for lonely male colonists. Through vivid anecdotes, she captures the stark contrast between the bustling courtships on the shores of Virginia as men eagerly awaited their prospective brides, and the challenges faced by women in both settling and thriving in a new, often harsh environment. The opening effectively sets the stage for a deeper exploration of colonial women's lives and contributions as the narrative unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/colonialdamesgoo00earliala/page/n5/mode/2up 20220703181108earle 1895 us Reading ease score: 62.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775 Women -- United States E186 HQ Text Category: History - American Category: Gender & Sexuality Studies 431712 2025-06-28T09:34:20.819795 text/html 431156 2023-08-31T17:53:11 text/html 521957 2025-06-28T09:34:27.462790 application/epub+zip 520821 2025-06-28T09:34:22.402837 application/epub+zip 307272 2025-06-28T09:34:21.550782 application/epub+zip 765740 2025-06-28T09:34:31.172747 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 742997 2025-06-28T09:34:26.783836 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383951 2025-06-28T09:34:20.474786 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 383974 2023-08-31T17:53:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17578 2025-06-28T09:34:31.305740 application/rdf+xml 18824 2025-06-28T09:34:21.818791 image/jpeg 2915 2025-06-28T09:34:21.682772 image/jpeg 585258 2023-08-31T17:53:11 application/octet-stream application/zip 604878 2025-06-28T09:34:20.861792 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia