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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 | 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 | ||
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| + | I agree with Ashley and Sarah about the information given in Chapter 2 of Mintz and Kellogg. Not only was it too generalized, but I feel like I did not learn much from it. It was a brief survey of three very different and important groups that should each have had their own chapter like the Puritans. I can't tell if this bias towards New England is just extreme bias from Mintz and Kellogg or if it is lack of information on these groups compared to New England. However, I think Mintz and Kellogg did a good job with their information on women in the different groups, including the Puritans, and how they affected different societies in different ways (ex. patriarchal vs matriarchal societies, and the duties of the women). That part was very informative. -- Kari | ||
