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Linda Sturtz's elegant and engaging study of the curious and complex place occupied by women of property in Colonial Virginia opens an exciting new chapter in the history of women in America. Going beyond the simplistic historical picture that paints women as passive subjects of a patriarchal society, Within Her Power closely examines these women's agency and ability to protect their economic interests.
Using the women of this region as prime examples, Sturtz shows how women of means learned to employ both feminine and masculine characteristics, using whichever proved most efficacious for a particular situation. The book examines social restrictions on women's behavior and speech, opportunities and difficulties these women encountered within the legal system, the economic and discretionary authority they enjoyed, the roles they played in family businesses, their impact within the larger, trans-Atlantic trading framework, and the imperial context within which these colonial women lived.
Overall, this unique work succeeds, in portraying the rich complexity of the lives of these elite women during a period in which white men dominated.
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