Daughters of Eve : Pregnant Brides and Unwed Mothers in Seventeenth Century Essex County, Massachusetts

by Else L. Hambleton

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

Book Series Studies in American Popular History and Culture

ISBN-10 0415948606

ISBN-13 9780415948609

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 15th, 2004

Print length 212 Pages

Weight 560 grams

Product Classification: Social & cultural history Sociology: family & relationships

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A study of cases of fornication, bastardy, and paternity cases brought before the courts in Essex County, Massachusetts between 1640 and 1692. Prosecution and conviction rates, sentencing patterns, and socio-economic data were analysed to determine that women who bore illegitimate children were punished more severely than their male partners.

This study examines cases of fornication, bastardy, and paternity cases brought before the courts in Essex County, Massachusetts between 1640 and 1692. Prosecution and conviction rates, sentencing patterns, and socio-economic data, as well as attitudes, were analyzed to determine that women who bore illegitimate children were punished more severely than their male partners, and regarded with contempt by the majority of women.

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