| Daughters of Eve: Pregnant Brides and Unwed Mothers in Seventeenth Century Essex County, Massachusetts Contributor(s): Hambleton, Else L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415649021 ISBN-13: 9780415649025 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - Family & Relationships | Parenting - Motherhood - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 306.874 |
| Series: Studies in American Popular History and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6" W x 9" (0.64 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study examines cases of fornication, bastardy, and paternity cases brought before the courts in Essex County, Massachusetts between 1640 and 1692. Prosecution and conviction rates, sentencing patterns, and socio-economic data, as well as attitudes, were analyzed to determine that women who bore illegitimate children were punished more severely than their male partners, and regarded with contempt by the majority of women. |