America's Women: Four Hundred Years Of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates And Heroines.

Summary:

Columnist Gail Collins says that women in colonial times had nearly as much freedom and even more power than they do today.

Website:

http://www.ciweb.org

Tones:

Intriguing, Provocative, Surprising

Language:

English

Description:

Gail Collins says that because of a shortage of women in early colonial times, women were able to do things that would be unthinkable 100 years later. They were able to demand rights during this period that would subsequently disappear, not to return until the mid 20th century. Ms. Collins talks about what it was like to be a woman back then, and how these rights slowly eroded as women became virtual slaves.

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