{"product_id":"founding-mothers-fathers-gendered-power-and-the-forming-of-american-society-paperback","title":"Founding Mothers \u0026 Fathers: Gendered Power and the Forming of American Society - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Beth Norton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this pioneering study of the ways in which the first settlers defined the power, prerogatives, and responsibilities of the sexes, one of our most incisive historians opens a window onto the world of Colonial America. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary documents, Mary Beth Norton tells the story of the Pinion clan, whose two-generation record of theft, adultery, and infanticide may have made them our first dysfunctional family. She reopens the case of Mistress Ann Hibbens, whose church excommunicated her for arguing that God had told husbands to listen to their wives. And here is the enigma of Thomas, or Thomasine Hall, who lived comfortably as both a man and a woman in 17th century Virginia. Wonderfully erudite and vastly readable, \u003cb\u003eFounding Mothers \u0026amp; Fathers\u003c\/b\u003e reveals both the philosophical assumptions and intimate domestic arrangements of our colonial ancestors in all their rigor, strangeness, and unruly passion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An important, imaginative book. Norton destroys our nostalgic image of a 'golden age' of family life and re-creates a more complex past whose assumptions and anxieties are still with us.\"--Raleigh News and Observer\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this pioneering study of the ways in which the first settlers defined the power, prerogatives, and responsibilities of the sexes, one of our most incisive historians opens a window onto the world of Colonial America. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary documents, Mary Beth Norton tells the story of the Pinion clan, whose two-generation record of theft, adultery, and infanticide may have made them our first dysfunctional family. She reopens the case of Mistress Ann Hibbens, whose church excommunicated her for arguing that God had told husbands to listen to their wives. And here is the enigma of Thomas, or Thomasine Hall, who lived comfortably as both a man and a woman in 17th century Virginia. Wonderfully erudite and vastly readable, Founding Mothers \u0026amp; Fathers reveals both the philosophical assumptions and intimate domestic arrangements of our colonial ancestors in all their rigor, strangeness, and unruly passion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An important, imaginative book. Norton destroys our nostalgic image of a 'golden age' of family life and re-creates a more complex past whose assumptions and anxieties are still with us.\"--Raleigh News and Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Beth Norton\u003c\/b\u003e is Mary Donlon Alger, a professor of American history at Cornell University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe British-Americans: The Loyalist Exiles in England, 1774-1789\u003c\/i\u003e (1972); \u003ci\u003eLiberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750-1800\u003c\/i\u003e (1980); \u003ci\u003eFounding Mothers \u0026amp; Fathers: Gendered Power and the Forming of American Society\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist; and (with five others) \u003ci\u003eA People and a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e (6th ed., 2001). She has also edited several works on women's history and served as the general editor of \u003ci\u003eThe AHA Guide to Historical Literature \u003c\/i\u003e(3rd ed., 1995).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.12 x 8.12 x 5.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 29, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53757318922573,"sku":"9780679749776","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/9FCb9w_r4B9780679749776.webp?v=1776761239","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/founding-mothers-fathers-gendered-power-and-the-forming-of-american-society-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}