This record of the slaving voyage of the English ship "James" contains records of women and girls who endured the brutalities of the Middle Passage.
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This is the story of a well-born Dutch woman who became a powerful businessperson 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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The life story of a woman born in Quebec who became a successful businesswoman and was labeled a “dangerous woman.”
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The cradleboard and "loopwagen" allowed Oneida and Dutch women to work while still keeping their children safe and close by. They symbolize the double duty all mothers in the early colonial period had to do.
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This beautiful painting demonstrates the wealth, power, and extent of the trade network of the Dutch Republic in the 1600s. A companion art activity accompanies this resource.
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This image of a mortar and pestle evokes and illustrates the agricultural techniques brought to the English colonies by enslaved women.
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The first patent issued to an English colonist was for a new invention created by Philadelphian inventor Sybilla Masters. The patent was filed under her husband’s name because women could not be legally recognized.
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This is the story of an intersex person who ran afoul of a small community in colonial Virginia.
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This 1522 illustration of the horrors of the "encomienda" system highlights the way women and children were particularly vulnerable to abuse by their Spanish overlords.
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