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Reprinted from Political science quarterly, v.37, no.4, December, 1922. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Spanning the broad spectrum of Colonial-era life, Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America is a revealing exploration of how 18-century American women of various races, classes, and religions were affected by conditions of the timesÑwar, slavery, religious awakenings, political change, perceptions about genderÑas well as how they influenced the world around them. ||Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America covers the area of North America that became the United States and follows the transformation of the British colonies into a new nation. The book is organized thematically to examine ma

This fascinating new book radically rewrites all that we know about eighteenth-century childbirth by placing women's voices at the centre of the story. From quickening through to confinement, giving caudle, delivery andlying-in, birth was once a complex ritual that involved entire communities. Drawing on an extensive and under-researched body of materials, such as letters, diaries and recipe books, this book offers critical new perspectives on the history of the family and community. It explores the rituals of childbirth, from birthing clothing to the foods traditionally eaten before and after birth, and also how a woman's relationship with her family, husband, friends and neighbours changed during pregnancy and beyond. In this important and deeply moving study, we are invited on a detailed and emotive journey through motherhood in an age of immense intellectual and sociocultural change.

1. 'One of the most grievous and rebellious diseases' : defining, diagnosing and the causes of cancer -- 2. 'But sad resources' : treating cancer in the eighteenth century -- 3. Women's agency and role in choice of treatment -- 4. 'So frightful to the very imagination' : pain, emotions and cancer in the breast.