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Categories: African American, Archaeology, Religion, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century

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Annotation / Notes: Edited collection of 230 letters from Rosalie Stier Calvert to her family in Belgium. Not intended for public consumption, these candid letters give insight into the social interactions of elites, the inner workings of Riversdale, a tobacco plantation in Prince George's County, and the daily life of a plantation wife. In addition, Rosalie bore nine children in twenty-one years (losing four while young) and managed Stier family investments in America.

Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Family History and Genealogy, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County, Prince George's County

Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Family History and Genealogy, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Calvert County

Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Maritime, Women, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Cecil County

Annotation / Notes: Widowhood was a normal part of colonial life. Although encouraged for younger widows and for all women in the Chesapeake region before 1700, rapid remarriage was not automatic. Widows functioned as both mother and father, including representing family interests in the community. As land became more scarce, widowhood increased and widows left more property to their daughters.

Categories: Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century

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Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century

Annotation / Notes: A comparison of the experiences of two Catholic colonial women - Jane Doyne, an elite woman from the lower Western Shore, and Jenny, an enslaved woman on the Eastern Shore. Roman Catholicism was a significant part of their lives, and as women they served an important role in maintaining and transmitting the Catholic faith. However, their different status had an impact on their religious experiences.

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Annotation / Notes: Finds that "with few exceptions the Baltimore woman's whole life style and social status was largely determined by the wealth of the men in her life" (283). Marriage and procreation was a woman's lone duty. Large families were the norm, and illegitimate births were common, often resulting in mulatto children. In addition, financial necessity forced many women to work outside the home. Married women of all classes were femme covert (legal non-entities). Single women and widows had femme sole (legal entity) status.

Categories: Women, Eighteenth Century, Baltimore City

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