colonial women
The meek and submissive ones of the colonial world Women’s Life in the Colonial Days by Carl Holliday delineates the lives of the early colonial women that had to prevail over the hardships of religion, motherhood, and a new nation. As America shifted away from the mold of its mother country, colonists dealt with the challenged to create a new homeland which didn’t involve input from women. Although it was a male dominate world, the unyielding spirit of the women shined through to what has become an American portrait. In the times of despair and hardships, women possessed an undeniable strength for their family.