List of Illustrations. Series Editors' Preface. Source Acknowledgments. Introduction. Chapter 1: Seekers, 1540-1680. 1 Luys Hernandez de Biedma on the Destruction of Mavila, 1540. 2 A Chieff Ladye of Pomeiooc, 1590. 3 John Rolfe, Letter to Sir Thomas Dale, 1614. 4 Pocahontas, 1616. 5 Examination of Anne Hutchinson, 1637. 6 Anne Bradstreet, "A Letter to her Husband Absent upon Public Employment," 1650. 7 John Hammond, Excerpt from Leah and Rachel, or, The Two Fruitful Sisters Virginia and Mary-land, 1656. 8 Samuel Willard on Elizabeth Knapp, 1671-1672. Chapter 2: Colonists and Colonized, 1680-1730. 1 Excerpts from the Code Noir, 1685. 2 Assembly of Virginia, Act XVI, 1691. 3 Father Chrestien Le Clercq on Micmac Women, 1691. 4 Examination of Tituba, 1692. 5 Petition of Abigail Faulkner, 1692. 6 Fray Francisco de Vargas on Taking Indian Captives, 1696. 7 John Lawson on Native American Women and Childbirth, 1709. 8 An Act Concerning Feme Sole Traders, 1718. 9 Letters of Sister Mary Magdalene Hachard, 1728. Chapter 3 Conceptions of Liberty, 1730-1780. 1 John Taylor, Excerpt from The Value of a Child, 1753. 2 William Smith on the Relations between Indians and Their Captives during Pontiac's War, 1764. 3 Fugitive Slave Ad for Violet, 1766. 4 Phillis Wheatley, "On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield," 1770. 5 Edenton Ladies' Agreement, 1774. 6 A Society of Patriotic Ladies, 1775. 7 Hannah Griffitts, "Upon Reading a book Entituled [sic] Common Sense," 1776. Chapter 4: Revolution, 1780-1810. 1 Jemima Wilkinson, Excerpts from The Universal Friend's Advice, to Those of the Same Religious Society, 1784. 2 Indenture of Eunice Allis, 1789. 3 Judith Sargent Murray, "On the Equality of the Sexes," 1790. 4 Sarah Pierce, Verses, 1792. 5 Susanna Rowson, Excerpt from Charlotte Temple, 1794. 6 Liberty, 1796. 7 Excerpt from the Will of David Bush, Connecticut Slave Owner, 1797. 8 Elizabeth Seton, Letters to Archbishop John Carroll, 1809-1810. 9 Portrait of Elizabeth Freeman, 1811. 10 Mary Jemison on her Experiences during the American Revolution, 1824. 11 William A. Whitehead on New Jersey's Early Female Voters. Chapter 5: Awakenings, 1810-1835. 1 Scenes from a Seminary for Young Ladies, c.1810-1820. 2 Frederick Douglass Describes His Mother, 1845. 3 Catharine Beecher, "Circular Addressed to Benevolent Ladies of the U. States," 1829. 4 Cherokee Women's Petition against Removal, 1831. 5 Mrs. Mary Mathews to Mrs. Lydia Finney, 1831. 6 Maria Stewart, Lecture Delivered at Franklin Hall, 1832. 7 Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, "On the Use of Free Produce," 1832. 8 Jarena Lee, "My Call to Preach the Gospel," 1836. Chapter 6: Contested Spheres, 1835-1845. 1 Lucy Larcom, Beginning to Work, 1889. 2 Angelina Grimke, "An Appeal to the Women of the Nominally Free States," 1837. 3 L.T.Y., "Just Treatment of Licentious Men," 1838. 4 Petition Protesting the Gag Rule, 1838. 5 S.E.C., "Mothers and Daughters," 1840. 6 Oregon Missionary Narcissa Whitman, Letter to her Mother, May 2, 1840. 7 "Lives of the Nymphs: Amanda B. Thompson and Her Attache," 1841. 8 Catharine Beecher, Excerpt from A Treatise on Domestic Economy, 1845. Chapter 7: Partisans, 1845-1860. 1 Susan Shelby Magoffin Describes Dona Gertrudis "La Tules" Barcelo," 1846. 2 Lucretia Mott, Letter to Edmund Quincy, 1848. 3 Imogen Mercein Describes the Five Points Mission, 1852. 4 Excerpt on Complex Marriage from Bible Communism, 1853. 5 Women of the Oneida Community, undated. 6 Julia Gardiner Tyler, "To the Duchess of Sutherland and Ladies of England," 1853. 7 Horace Greeley et al., "Woman and Work," 1854. 8 Clarina Howard Nichols, "To the Women of the State of New York," c.1856. 9 Illustration of Women's Procession, Lynn, Mass., Shoemakers' Strike, 1860. 10 Ernestine Rose on Divorce, 1860. Chapter 8: Civil Wars. 1 Louisa May Alcott Treats the Wounded after the Battle of Fredericksburg, 1863. 2 Advertisement for the Great Western Sanitary Fair, 1863. 3 John Burnside and Abisha Scofield, Affidavits on the Removal of Black Soldiers' Families from. Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864. 4 Thomas Nast, Emancipation, 1865. 5 Jane Kamper, Milly Johnson, and Rebecca Parsons, Testimony on the Apprenticeship of Their Children, 1864-1867. 6 Testimony of Rhoda Ann Childs, 1866. 7 Historical Sketch of the Ladies' Memorial Society of New Bern, North Carolina, 1885. Chapter 9: Redefining Citizenship, 1865-1880. 1 Jeannette Gilder and Senator Cattell, Correspondence Regarding Job in the US Mint, 1867-1868. 2 Susan B. Anthony, Remarks to the American Equal Rights Association, 1869. 3 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Speech on the Acquittal of Daniel McFarland, 1870. 4 Our Goddess of Liberty, 1870. 5 Mother [Eliza Daniel] Stewart, Excerpt from Memories of the Crusade, 1873. 6 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Speech at the Centennial of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, 1875. 7 Florence Kelley, Letter to William D. Kelley, 1878. 8 Pretty Shield Describes the Disappearance of the Buffalo, 1932. Further Reading. Index.