{"title":"Women's Studies","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003eWomen's lives have historically been less well documented than men's in official records, but genealogical research depends on tracing both male and female lines. Heritage Books carries titles specifically addressing women's genealogical research, including works on tracking women through maiden name changes, using women-specific record types, and exploring the social and legal contexts that shaped women's documented lives in earlier centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"101-f0058","title":"Woman on the American Frontier","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the Pioneer Mothers of the Republic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTold in the flowery language of the late nineteenth century, these true accounts read like fiction adventure tales. But these women were very real indeed, from the Mayflower mothers to the missionaries. To describe their lives as \"hair-raising\" and \"thrilling\" is no exaggeration. Hundreds of brief biographies are chronicled.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam W. Fowler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1878, 1994), 2015, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 566 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788400582\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-F0058\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32199369818230,"sku":"101-F0058","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-f0058-1500px.png?v=1777212942"},{"product_id":"101-r1540","title":"Safe Counsel: A Complete Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Childcare in the Late 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eB. G. Jefferis, M.D., Ph.D. and J. L. Nichols originally published this volume in 1897. According to the original authors \"KNOWLEDGE IS SAFETY\", and their medical \"knowledge\" from before the days of disposable diapers will be of great interest to historians, researchers of women's issues and the general reader in light of modern medical, social and scientific advancements. These pages reflect attitudes towards women, common family planning practices, and scientific \"truths\" of the times, giving the reader a deeper understanding of day to day life and beliefs during the late 1800s. This volume covers procreation disorders such as impotence and sterility, health during pregnancy, pregnancy advice including dress and diet, confinement during delivery, newborns and their care, home lessons in nursing sick children, and treatment for the diseases of infants and children including home remedies. Many of these home treatments, advising a simple diet and exercise, make the reader smile at their ageless wisdom. Some advice will make the reader grin - \"Pregnant mothers should avoid thinking of ugly people... Also avoid ungraceful position and awkward attitude, but cultivate grace and beauty in herself. Avoid difficulty with neighbors or other trouble.\" Charming period illustrations augment the text. Appendices include a \"Dictionary of Medical Terms\" and \"Old Disease Names and Their Modern Definitions.\" Includes illustrations and an appendix.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Hamilton Rager\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2000), 2012, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, 112 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788415401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-R1540\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39302920863862,"sku":"101-R1540","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-r1540-1500px.png?v=1777230240"},{"product_id":"101-m4275","title":"Wenches, Wives and Widows: Sixteen Women of Early Virginia","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome women who lived on the Eastern Shore of Virginia were prone to bad behavior; others had bad things happen to them, but all of their stories are too good to leave buried in the old record books. During the 1600s and early 1700s, a wide range of circumstances brought these women to the attention of the court, and as they wove in and out of the records they left hints and clues and even quotes that begged to be teased out and pieced together into sketches of their lives. These ordinary wenches, wives and widows step from the old records and speak for themselves, focusing on life as they lived it in early Virginia. These women were young and old, servants and aristocrats, abused and abusive. Among their number were unwed mothers, partying teenagers, a free African, courthouse barmaids, a pirate's wife, an alluring widow and a young mother who, with her bare hands, fought off a man-servant wielding a knife and rapier. While Accomack County court orders form the basis for the life sketches in this volume, many other sources from Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and England help flesh out the lives of these women. This volume includes appendices, an every name plus subject index, a bibliography, copious endnotes, genealogical information, photos of local sites and archaeological artifacts, a portrait of one of the women and drawings of the mansion where she lived.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoAnn Riley McKey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2007, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 270 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788442759\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-M4275\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39328235552886,"sku":"101-M4275","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-m4275-1500px.png?v=1777225261"},{"product_id":"101-e2126","title":"The Pioneer Women of the West","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis large volume contains biographical sketches of 58 women who moved across the Appalachian Mountains, after the Revolution, to settle in the vast country between Tennessee and Michigan that we now call the Midwest. A good deal of genealogical data is provided, as well as a woman's viewpoint into that interesting era in our history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe women included are: Ann Allen, Elizabeth Allen, Mrs. Anderson, Ann Bailey, Mary Bledsoe, Rebecca Boone, Jane Brown, Sarah Bryan, Eliza Bull (Mrs. Harazthy), Mrs. Carter, Lucy Chapin, Sylvia Chapin, Charlotte A. Clark, Mrs. Clendenin, Sarah Combs, Mrs. Comstock, Mrs. Cunningham, Mrs. Denis, Jane Dick, Mrs. Dunham, Mary Dunlevy, Mrs. Edwards, Charlotte Geer (Mrs. Clark), Mrs. Glass, Mrs. Goodrich, Ruhama Greene, Elizabeth Harper, Ann Haynes, Rebecca Heald, Mary Heckewelder, Mrs. Helm, Anna Innis, Elizabeth Kenton, Mrs. Lake, Mrs. Lemen, Mrs. Lovejoy, Mrs. Mason, Mary McMillan, Mary Moore, Harriet L. Noble, Charlotte Robertson, Rebecca Rouse, Mary Ann Rumsey, Mrs. Scott, Catherine Sevier, Sarah Shelby, Sarah Sibley, Abigail Snelling, Mrs. Snow, Ruth Sparks, Louisa St. Clair, Mrs. St. John, Mrs. Talbot, Elizabeth Tappen, Sarah Thorp, Frances Trask, Mrs. Walworth, Sally Warth, Rebecca Williams, Sarah Wilson, and Mrs. Woodward. A few of the sketches were based on materials submitted to Mrs. Ellet by the subjects themselves, but most were compiled from material provided by their descendants. A new fullname index has been added.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMrs. Elizabeth F. Ellet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1873, 2002), 2008, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 446 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788421266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-E2126\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":13113869172854,"sku":"101-E2126","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-e2126-1500px.png?v=1777146421"},{"product_id":"101-m2078","title":"Providence, 1630-1800: Women Are Part of Its History","description":"\u003cp\u003eA true history of Providence cannot be written without acknowledging that women, as well as men, carved this new city out of the wilderness, shaped it, and gave it a permanence of which to be proud. Unfortunately, most accounts of Providence's early history have relegated the role of women to an occasional mention of a wife's name. A few individual biographical portraits of women have been written and \"women's histories\" have described clothes, home life, child care and such, but none have integrated women into the history of the city as a whole. In contrast, Ms. Mills not only includes women in this history, but emphasizes women-white colonists, Native Americans, indentured servants, and slaves. The women's role was so crucial from the beginning that it might be fair to say there would never have been a Providence if the men had not brought their wives and children with them when they came to this new land. Carefully footnoted, this unique approach should be of interest to historians and general readers alike. Numerous illustrations, maps, facsimile reprints of original documents, several family charts, a bibliography, and a full name plus subject index enhance this work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Mills\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2002, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 438 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788420788\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-M2078\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":13114335199350,"sku":"101-M2078","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-m2078-1500px.png?v=1777225018"},{"product_id":"101-m3355","title":"Wonderful \"Wicked\" Women of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescribed by historians as \"sexually repressed,\" \"aggressive,\" \"self-obsessed,\" and \"wicked\" these wonderful women led armies, and with brains as well as beauty, defended themselves and their lands. Win or lose, they displayed courage and fearlessness to the end of their lives. History sometimes overlooks their accomplishments, but this book does not.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Venton Montgomery\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2003), 2007, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, 112 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788433559\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-M3355\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42880349840,"sku":"101-M3355","price":18.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-m3355-1500px.png?v=1777225128"},{"product_id":"101-m9991","title":"Women Short-Changed by History","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis fascinating text brings to light the contributions of five women seldom, if ever, mentioned as more than passing characters in the rich pageant of American history. These remarkable ladies, ignored, belittled, and scorned in their own lifetimes, are accorded here the attention worthy of their struggle for the recognition of women operating outside of the societally imposed limitations of gender. These women are Pocahontas, Lucy Terry Prince, Mary Edwards Walker, Sarah Josepha Hale, and Victoria Claflin Woodhull.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Venton Montgomery, Ph.D.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1998), 2008, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, 110 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788409912\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-M9991\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39328253542518,"sku":"101-M9991","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-m9991-1500px.png?v=1777225561"},{"product_id":"606-0212","title":"Changing History: Virginia Women Through Four Centuries","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor four centuries, Virginia women have made history that is both important and inspiring. As entrepreneurs and laborers, wives and mothers, educators and reformers, women—both famous and lesser-known—have influenced the course of history in the Old Dominion. \u003cem\u003eChanging History: Virginia Women through Four Centuries\u003c\/em\u003e begins with the region's Native American peoples before Jamestown and ends with a twenty-first century profoundly changed by second-wave feminism. Generously illustrated, \u003cem\u003eChanging History\u003c\/em\u003e is based on recent scholarly work as well as research in original records. The engaging narrative reveals a history of Virginia women whose rights and choices have increased over time: enslaved women became free; wives became property-owners; women of all races attained greater access to education, suffrage, and other basic civil rights. Progress has not always been steady and improvements have varied by class, race, and region. Virginia's women have created an evocative legacy. \u003cem\u003eChanging History\u003c\/em\u003e tells their stories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCynthia A. Kierner, Jennifer R. Loux, Megan Taylor Shockley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2013, hard cover, 458 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780884902126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e606-0212\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Virginia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32017010851958,"sku":"606-0212","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/606-0212-1500px.png?v=1777319696"},{"product_id":"102-0888","title":"Genealogy at a Glance: Finding Female Ancestors","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout history, women have been silent partners. As a rule, they left behind few records of themselves because they had few legal rights. When they married, they generally gave up their maiden name, which faded from the records; they couldn't own land in their own name and sometimes couldn't even leave wills. They have come to be known as the \"hidden half\" of the family, and they are notoriously difficult to research. But with some basic instructions and a few well-placed suggestions offered in this \u003ci\u003eGenealogy at a Glance\u003c\/i\u003e research guide, Sharon Carmack shows you how to get around these obstacles and create a \u003ci\u003ecomplete\u003c\/i\u003e family history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince female research is expected to be difficult, it is often ignored, leaving researchers to work mostly on easier male lines. This need not be the case, suggests Carmack, who says we just need to work smarter rather than harder in pursuing female ancestors. The key to finding female ancestors, in her view, centers around finding maiden names in every possible type of record, from the obvious to the obscure, including records created about and for women, such as divorce petitions, widows' pensions, and dower releases. While these records may not lead to maiden names, you can still identify women in a host of records that someone else created or named them in.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharon DeBartoto Carmack\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2013, 8.5\" x 11\", laminated and folded, 4 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806319674\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-0888\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39370092511350,"sku":"102-0888","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-0888-1500px.png?v=1777309752"},{"product_id":"101-z3426","title":"Founding Mothers: Profiles of Ten Wives of America's Founding Fathers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Each of the ten women profiled here took an active part in the Revolution, not as a combatant, certainly; but as a survivor of displacement, disaster, sometimes despair.\" The following women are featured: Deborah Read Franklin, Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, Grace Growdon Galloway, Abigail Smith Adams, Mary White Morris, Sarah Livingston Jay, Ann Randolph Morris, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Dolley Payne Todd Madison, and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. These profiles are a reminder \"that behind every great man was a woman to whom attention must be paid. … The profiles below are intended to let them tell their own stories so far as feasible in their own words.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe profiles include Grace Galloway, a leading Loyalist wife, \"whose aristocratic bearing as well as the fact of her husband's villainy made her the target of revolutionary officialdom. Grace Galloway endured insult and terrorist attack alone rather than seek safety in exile and thereby lose property which properly belonged to her child. Like the other women, she selflessly sacrificed even security for the sake of family.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortraits for several of the women, a bibliography, and an index to full names, places and subjects add to the value of this work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eP. M. 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The women’s biographical sketches herein also provide genealogists and Civil War historians with lists of names of members of the many soldiers’ aid societies, as well as descriptions of battlefields and military campaigns. Dorothea Dix and Clara Barton are among approximately eighty heroic women from all over the country whose lives are memorialized in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistorians and genealogists will find battle descriptions and lists of names of: Maryland Women in the War, New England’s Women’s Auxiliary Association, The Patriotic Women of Michigan, Women’s Pennsylvania Branch of United States Sanitary Commission, Loyal Women of Philadelphia, The Wisconsin Soldiers’ Aid Society, Milwaukee Ladies Soldiers’ Aid Society, Pittsburgh Sanitary Committee, the Hospital Corps at the Naval Academy Hospital in Annapolis and every other important aid station, including St. Louis, Brooklyn and Long Island, Nashville, and Chicago. Names are also listed for: Ladies who organized aid societies, and received and forwarded supplies to the hospitals; Ladies distinguished for services among the freedmen and refugees; Military heroes; Loyal women of Charleston, Tennessee, Northern Georgia, and Alabama; The women of Gettysburg: and loyal women of the South, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a tribute to Harriet Foote Hawley, who was praised for her work among the freedmen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eL. P. Brockett and Mary C. 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Chapters include: Consorts and Relicts; Women of Affairs; “Double-Tongued and Naughty Women;” Boston Neighbors; A Fearfull Female Travailler; Two Colonial Adventuresses; The Universal Friend; Eighteenth Century Manners; Their Amusements and Accomplishments; Daughters of Liberty; A Revolutionary Housewife; and Fireside Industries. 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