Colonial women of affairs;: Women in business and the professions in America before 1776,

by Elisabeth Anthony Dexter

Although Dr. Dexter modestly states that she has ‘done little more than scratch the surface’ of her field, she has compiled an interesting and suggestive volume on women in business and the professions in colonial times. Includes : Mercy Warren, Magdalen Devine, Hannah Breintnall, Miss Derby of Salem, Mary Crathorne, Susannah Gee, Eliza Pinckney, Anne Bradstreet, Mary Rowlandson, Phillis Wheatley, Mrs. Hallam, Ann Catherine Green

223 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1972