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'''In this article I found it interesting that Mary Bolling was able to pick and choose who she wanted her estate to go to.''' I thought that the first male would get everything, boy was I wrong. I also thought that she was a smart lady by investing in many different things to grow her estate for her children and her grandchildren. Not only was she making money she also knew the law and tried to have a stipulation in her will saying that if the Shore’s bring suit against her, her daughter Ann would receive nothing. I also was amused to know that even in the early 1800’s (around 1819) people were still getting swindled out of their money. Then it was tradesmen and slaves on women, and now its telemarketers and mail order items on elderly people. I also felt for Mary Read Anderson. She was never taught the ins and outs of business, so she always relied on a man and she “was to emphasize womanly weakness in order to justify her dependence on a male protector.”(Women Alone, 119)--Pam Petzold | '''In this article I found it interesting that Mary Bolling was able to pick and choose who she wanted her estate to go to.''' I thought that the first male would get everything, boy was I wrong. I also thought that she was a smart lady by investing in many different things to grow her estate for her children and her grandchildren. Not only was she making money she also knew the law and tried to have a stipulation in her will saying that if the Shore’s bring suit against her, her daughter Ann would receive nothing. I also was amused to know that even in the early 1800’s (around 1819) people were still getting swindled out of their money. Then it was tradesmen and slaves on women, and now its telemarketers and mail order items on elderly people. I also felt for Mary Read Anderson. She was never taught the ins and outs of business, so she always relied on a man and she “was to emphasize womanly weakness in order to justify her dependence on a male protector.”(Women Alone, 119)--Pam Petzold | ||
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| + | In Lebsock's article I was particularly interested in Mary Bolling's approach to her will. Yes most of us would assume that women would follow the direction that their husbands might take in making their wills. It's refreshing to know that there were a few women who made their own choices. The quote "Whether we regard behavior like that of Mary Bolling as a positive assertion of the primacy of human feeling or as an ugly exercise in pettiness, the point remains that women made economic decisions according to their own standards" appeals to me because Mary didn't care about how it looked, it's what she wanted. This really made sense to me, women may not have control of any property/other items but still have opinions about it when it will become their's upon their husbands death. --Remy B. | ||
