Good Women of a Well-Blessed Land: Women's Lives in Colonial America

by Brandon Marie Miller

A social history of the American colonial period focuses on the daily lives of women, including European immigrants, Native Americans, and slaves, who played a vital role in shaping America. Jr Lib Guild.

Genres: History

96 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Brandon Marie Miller
Author Biography
Brandon Marie Miller earned her degree in American History from Purdue University. She writes about famous people and common folk, about great events and everyday life. Her award-winning books for young people have been honored by the International Reading Association, the National Council for the Social Studies, the American Library Association, the Society of School Librarians International, Voice of Youth Advocates, Bank Street College, the Junior Library Guild, the New York Public Library and the Chicago Public Library, among others.
Brandon encourages readers to think of history as the greatest story of all. Fiction has nothing on history for tales of courage, sacrifice, redemption, cruelty and betrayal. As a writer of history Brandon aims to inspire readers with stories of people who have struggled, overcome great odds, and made a contribution to our human spirit. It’s no coincidence that “story” is right there in the word history!
Born and raised in Illinois, Brandon lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. When not researching and writing, she loves to read biographies and murder mysteries, travel, play games, attend the ballet, watch sports and old movies from the 1930s and 1940s, and enjoy great conversation. She includes her middle name on all her books so people know she is a girl named “Brandon”
Find out more:
www.brandonmariemiller.com
http://hands-on-books.blogspot.com

Reviews

[Diana Jenkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

In Good Women of a Well-Blessed Land, Brandon Marie Miller has brought the women of colonial America to life! This book is full of fascinating information about daily survival, tales of hardship and courage, and rich portraits of the real women who influenced the character and history of America. The book is written with the readability of fiction, but it's still an excellent work of nonfiction -- well-researched and informative. Highly recommended!

[Leah Hahn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a nice book. I would say it should be read by older students. It depicts the lives of women of Native American, African American, and European American women who lived in the 13 English colonies. this book includes a time line of women in politics and discusses the role of suffragists.

[C. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love history and true, fun facts which Good Women of a Well-Blessed Land is full of. This book provides tremendous details of women's lives in the "new world". The book covered free, enslaved, and indentured servitude. Their early work, background, schooling, household responsibilities, and labor roles.

The book also addresses the illness and hardships of mothers and families during a time when many children didn't live to adulthood and many mothers died during childbirth. Families were often blended with step-parents and half-siblings and multiple marriages were normal.

Good Women of a Well-Blessed Land delivers a good viewpoint into daily life, frontier struggles, legal rights, and the progression of women's role in American, slave, and Native American communities.