TY - BOOK AU - Fur,Gunlög TI - A Nation of Women: Gender and Colonial Encounters among the Delaware Indians T2 - Early American Studies SN - 9780812201994 AV - E99.D2 -- F87 2009eb PY - 2012/// CY - Philadelphia PB - University of Pennsylvania Press KW - Delaware women-Social conditions-17th century KW - Delaware women-Social conditions-18th century KW - Delaware Indians-History KW - Delaware Indians-Social life and customs KW - Sex role-Middle Atlantic States-History KW - Middle Atlantic States-History-Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: "We Are But a Women Nation" -- One: The Power of Life: Gender and Organization in Lenape Society -- Two: Living Traditions in Times of Turmoil: Meniolagomekah -- Three: Powerful Women: Disruptive and Disorderly Women -- Four: Mapping the Future: Women and Visions -- Five: Metaphors and National Identity: Delawares-as-Women -- Six: What the Hermit Saw: Change and Continuity in the History of Gender and Encounters -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments N2 - A Nation of Women provides a history of the significance of gender in Lenape/Delaware encounters with Europeans, and a history of women in these encounters UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3441588 ER -