Not All Wives : Women of Colonial Philadelphia.

Cover -- Not All Wives -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION "Not All Wives": The Problem of Marriage in Early America -- Women, Marriage, and the Historical Literature -- Aunt Bek's Oddity: Situating Unmarried Women in Urban and Regional Cultures -- On Sources and Methods -- CHAPTER ONE Martha Cooper's Choice: Literature and Mentality -- Representations of Marriage: Tyrants and Virgins -- Counter-Claims: Liberated Spinsters -- Reading, Writing, and Learning Singleness -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER TWO Elizabeth Norris's Reign: Religion and Self -- Quaker Culture and a Female Self -- Marriage, Religion, and Female Individualism -- Singleness and Radical Religious Community in Pennsylvania -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER THREE Mary Sandwith's Spouse: Family and Household -- Gender and Household Hierarchy -- Unmarried Women in Rural and Urban Households -- Widows Keeping House -- Servants and Slaves -- Sisters, Aunts, and Cousins -- Household Partnerships -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER FOUR Rachel Draper's Neighborhood: Work and Community -- Neighborhood Community -- Women's Work and the Urban Economy -- Marriage, Work, and Community -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER FIVE Ann Dunlap's "Great Want": Poverty and Public Policy -- Poor Women and Poor Relief -- Gender, Dependence, and Poor-Relief Policy -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER SIX Lydia Hyde's Petition: Property and Political Culture -- Property and Political Authority -- From Property to Masculinity -- Women, Marriage, and the Transformation of Political Culture -- Conclusion -- Index.

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