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Miller, Brandon Marie

Women of Colonial America: 13 Stories of Courage and Survival in the New World

235 pp. | Chicago | February, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-55652-487-5 $19.95
New ed. (2003, Lerner)

(3) YA Women of Action series. This collective biography has revised and expanded on material originally published as Good Women of a Well-Blessed Land. With numerous quotes from primary sources, this dense but engaging treatise on the lives of women (including black and Native American women) in colonial America focuses on women's everyday lives and on societal attitudes about women. Reproductions of period art portray women performing various tasks. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam