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Marrying into the New World

This painting depicts the women who moved to New France to marry eligible colonists in exchange for free passage and a small dowry.

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The Casket Girls

This kind of trunk was provided to the poor, orphaned, and imprisoned French women who were shipped to colonial Louisiana to marry French settlers.

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Symbol of the New Nation

A work of art that demonstrates how the depiction of America as a woman evolved after the country declared independence.

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