Common whores, vertuous women, and loveing wives
Subtitle: free will Christian women in colonial Maryland
By: Debra Meyers.
Series: Religion in North America ;; v. 31
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Women -- United States -- Maryland -- History; Women and religion -- United States -- Maryland -- History; Maryland -- History
Other titles: Common whores, virtuous women, and loving wives; Common whores, virtuous women, and loveing wives; Common whores, vertuous women, and loving wives
Description: "By closely examining thousands of wills and other personal documents, as well as early Maryland's material culture, this transatlantic study depicts women's place in society and the ways in which religious values and social arrangements shaped their lives.

Common Whores, Vertuous Women, and Loveing Wives takes a revisionist approach to the study of women and religion in colonial Maryland and adds considerably to our understanding of the social and cultural importance of religion in early America."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-234) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Maryland's raison d'etre; title: Private lives; title: Religion in the New World; title: Women and religion; title: Religion, property, and the family; title: Free will Christian women's public authority.