Product Description: Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier. Between 1785 and 1812, a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in twenty-seven years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in Hallowell, Maine...read more

Complemented by more than 150 illustrations, an incisive portrait of early industrialization in America chronicles the production of cloth and its influence on the cultural, economic, social, and political world of early America. By the author of the Bancroft Prize-winning A Midwife's Tale. Reprint. 17,500 first printing. (view table of contents)

Product Description:    From admired historian—and coiner of one of feminism's most popular slogans—Laurel Thatcher Ulrich comes an exploration of what it means for women to make history.   In 1976, in an obscure scholarly article, Ulrich wrote, "Well behaved women seldom make history...read more

Assesses the roles and status of women of early New England in terms of family and community organization, the structure of daily life and work, responsibilities and authority, and more

Product Description: Keep track of dreams and appointments alike in this new chalkboard-style pocket calendar. This TF original starts in January 2016 and takes you through December 2017. Encased in a protective plastic covering, this perfect compact planner also includes a notes section, tip calculator, year overview and important dates pages...read more