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Like everyone else, I believe that Mintz and Kellog focus too much on the New England family. The average New England family was not representative of the average family in other colonies. For one, the scheme of population distribution was not the same in New England as it was in other colonies. Mintz and Kellog touch on a ‘community family.’ Differences in population distribution make a ‘community family’ almost impossible in places dominated by agriculture. – Andrew B | Like everyone else, I believe that Mintz and Kellog focus too much on the New England family. The average New England family was not representative of the average family in other colonies. For one, the scheme of population distribution was not the same in New England as it was in other colonies. Mintz and Kellog touch on a ‘community family.’ Differences in population distribution make a ‘community family’ almost impossible in places dominated by agriculture. – Andrew B | ||
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| + | Kerber's essay on women and households in the American Revolution was very interesting. I had never really considered how it would be assumed that women and families of the time would have the same allegiances as their husbands and fathers. To me this really emphasizes the subordinate role women were seen to have in families of the time. I also found it interesting that women could take advantage of their roles as nurses and housekeepers to spy on their enemy and use the war as a means of political mobilization. --Sarah Gardner | ||
