Title: A colonial woman's bookshelf
Description: Despite major advances in women's history, literary history, and the history of the book, the intellectual life of women in colonial America has been a largely neglected area of scholarship. Kevin J. Hayes draws upon an impressive array of primary materials to describe in detail the kinds of books these women read and the reasons why they read them.
Subjects: Books and reading, Women, History, Women, united states
Places: United States
Time periods: 17th century, 18th century