Woman's Life in Colonial Days. Carl Holliday

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664629357

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       WOMAN'S LIFE IN COLONIAL DAYS

       CHAPTER I

       COLONIAL WOMAN AND RELIGION

       I. The Spirit of Woman

       II. Woman and Her Religion

       III. Inherited Nervousness

       IV. Woman's Day of Rest

       V. Religion and Woman's Foibles

       VI. Woman's Comfort in Religion

       VII. Female Rebellion

       VIII. Woman and Witchcraft

       IX. Religion Outside of New England

       CHAPTER II

       COLONIAL WOMAN AND EDUCATION

       I. Feminine Ignorance

       II. Woman's Education in the South

       III. Brilliant Exceptions

       IV. Practical Education

       V. Educational Frills

       CHAPTER III

       COLONIAL WOMAN AND THE HOME

       I. The Charm of the Colonial Home

       II. Domestic Love and Confidence

       III. Domestic Toil and Strain

       IV. Domestic Pride

       V. Special Domestic Tasks

       VI. The Size of the Family

       VII. Indian Attacks

       VIII. Parental Training

       IX. Tributes to Colonial Mothers

       X. Interest in the Home

       XI. Woman's Sphere

       XII. Women in Business

       CHAPTER IV

       COLONIAL WOMAN AND DRESS

       I. Dress Regulation by Law

       II. Contemporary Descriptions

       III. Raillery and Scolding

       IV. Extravagance in Dress

       CHAPTER V

       COLONIAL WOMAN AND SOCIAL LIFE

       I. Southern Isolation and Hospitality

       II. Splendor in the Southern Home

       III. Social Activities

       IV. New England Social Life

       V. Funerals as Recreations

       VI. Trials and Executions

       VII. Special "Social" Days

       VIII. Social Restrictions

       IX. Dutch Social Life

       X. British Social Influences

       XI. Causes of Display