Daughters of Eve : pregnant brides and unwed mothers in seventeenth-century Massachusetts / Else L. Hambleton.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hambleton, Else L., 1944-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, 2004.
Series:	American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm))
Subjects:	Unmarried mothers > Massachusetts > Essex County > History > 17th century. Fornication > Massachusetts > Essex County > History > 17th century. Illegitimacy > Massachusetts > Essex County > History > 17th century. Puritans > Massachusetts > Essex County > History > 17th century. Sexual ethics > Massachusetts > Essex County > History > 17th century.

Table of Contents:

"The world fill'd with a generation of bastards" : the Puritans and extramarital sex
"I threatened I would mark him" : religion, sexuality, and gender ideology
"I know thy condition, alas, poor wench" : a quantitative analysis of illegitimate fornication prosecutions in Essex County quarterly court, 1640-1645
"Priscilla was fined, the child died" : a quantitative analysis of illegitimate fornication prosecutions in the Essex County quarterly court, 1665-1685
"I am a poor destitute creature" : sociological aspects of illegitimacy in Essex County, 1640-1685
Listening to women's voices : summaries of selected fornication cases, Essex County, 1640-1685
"She being presented for fornication" : pregnant brides in seventeenth-century Essex County
"Cover our faces with shame" : sociological aspects of premarital pregnancy
"Playing the rogue" : rape and issues of consent in seventeenth-century Massachusetts
Conclusions.

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