Project Gutenberg 2005-03-28 Public domain in the USA. 200 Holliday, Carl 1879 1936 Woman's Life in Colonial Days Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Mark C. Orton, Karen Dalrymple and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Woman's Life in Colonial Days" by Carl Holliday is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the lives, thoughts, and experiences of women during the colonial period in America, examining their strengths, challenges, and contributions to society. Through the analysis of writings from that era, Holliday aims to dispel common misconceptions about colonial women, showing them as complex individuals capable of love, ambition, and resilience. At the start of the text, the author outlines his intentions for the study, focusing on the unsung stories and perspectives of colonial women. He introduces the harsh realities they faced, such as famine and illness, alongside their spiritual resilience and support for one another. Holliday sets the tone by emphasizing the importance of understanding these women's experiences to contextualize the evolution of American womanhood, suggesting that these historical insights will illuminate contemporary issues and attitudes. This opening portion lays a foundation for a deeper exploration of how religion, societal roles, and personal agency shaped the lives of colonial women. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775 Women -- United States -- History Women -- United States -- Social conditions E186 Text Children's History Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 728472 728473 2024-10-07T05:50:57.303807 2023-09-07T07:28:19.000657 text/html text/html 728424 2020-12-14T08:55:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 250767 2020-12-14T08:55:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 339630 2024-10-07T05:51:12.143726 application/epub+zip 350322 2024-10-07T05:51:01.879808 application/epub+zip 331249 2024-10-07T05:51:00.028847 application/epub+zip 674152 2024-10-07T05:51:19.138688 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 635911 2024-10-07T05:51:10.768742 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 597480 2022-09-07T22:04:53.724155 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 572279 572199 2024-10-07T05:50:55.297860 2023-09-07T07:28:17.232634 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 572044 2020-12-14T08:55:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 224527 2020-12-14T08:55:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 572037 2020-12-14T08:55:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 224475 2020-12-14T08:55:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21685 2024-10-07T05:51:19.291686 application/rdf+xml 17106 2024-10-07T05:51:00.674792 image/jpeg 4196 2024-10-07T05:51:00.353784 image/jpeg 329125 2024-10-07T05:50:57.357811 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog