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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This digging stick illustrates Native women’s role in the development of North American crops and agricultural practices.
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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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The story of a métis fur trader of the Great Lakes region.
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The story of a founding mother of St. Louis.
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The story of an enslaved Native woman caught up in the Salem witch hysteria.
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The story of a Black woman who rose from plantation slave to plantation mistress in colonial Florida.
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The story of a Puritan girl taken captive in a war with the French and Wabanaki.
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A work of art that demonstrates how the depiction of America as a woman evolved after the country declared independence.
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A collection of resources that tells the story of New Jersey’s 30-year experiment with women’s suffrage.
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