
Founding Mothers and Fathers: Gendered Power and the Forming of American Society
Mary Beth Norton
Founding Mothers and Fathers: Gendered Power and the Forming of American Society
Mary Beth Norton
Much like A Midwife's Tale and The Unredeemed Captive, this novel is about power relationships in early American society, religion, and politics--with insights into the initial development and operation of government, the maintenance of social order, and the experiences of individual men and women.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Vintage
- Year
- 2011
- ISBN-13
- 9780307760760
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Gender and power in colonial AmericaEarly American government and social orderFamily and society in early America
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for HistoryShortlistedMajor(1997)
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