To Comfort the Heart: Women in Seventeenth-Century America

by Paula A. Treckel

This series helps meet the need for an encyclopedic overview of the roles women have played in shaping America. Each volume draws on a wealth of primary and secondary sources to assess the experiences and contributions of American women; concentrates on a discrete period of American history; and covers areas such as labor, the professions, education, the law and domestic life.

304 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1996