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

Using a host of primary sources, author Brandon Marie Miller recounts the roles, hardships, and daily lives of Native American, European, and African women in 17th- and 18th-century colonial America. Hard work proved a constant for most women--they ensured their family's survival through their skills while others sold their labor or lived in bondage as indentured servants and slaves. Elizabeth Ashbridge survived an abusive indenture to become a Quaker preacher, Anne Bradstreet penned epic poetry while raising eight children in the wilderness, Anne Hutchinson went toe-to-toe with Puritan authorities, Margaret Hardenbroeck Philipse built a trade empire in New Amsterdam, and Martha Corey lost her life in the vortex of Salem's witch hunt. With strength, courage, resilience, and resourcefulness, these women and many others played a vital role in the mosaic of life in colonial America.

About the author

Brandon Marie Miller is the author of Benjamin Franklin, American Genius; George Washington for Kids; and Women of the Frontier. She has received a dozen national awards for her writing. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Product details

• Authors: Brandon Marie Miller
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781641609111
• ISBN: 978-1-64160-911-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Women of Action
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics