Two foreign visitors capture the spirit and culture of the new nation.
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This document illuminates the way the Dutch Orphanmasters’ Court protected the inheritance rights of young women, and one mother’s attempt to keep them from meddling in her affairs.
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The story of the woman whose experiences inspired the nation’s first abortion law.
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An excerpt from Lydia Maria Child’s dramatic retelling of the attack on Lawrence, Kansas.
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The story of an English religious refugee who funded and founded her own settlement in New Netherland.
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This story documents how the Native market women of colonial Quito fought in court to preserve their rights.
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