Artikel
A decade in the life of Elizabeth Harvey of Taunton 1696 - 1706
Verfasst von:
Crawford, Patricia
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in:
Women's history review
Wallingford:
2010
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245 - 257 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Crawford, Patricia info |
| In: | Women's history review |
| Jahr: | 2010 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| According to early modern notions of appropriate gender roles, men should 'travaile abroad' to earn their livings and support their families, while women's proper place was to 'save that which is gotten' by their husbands within the private spaces of the household. Yet practice did not always conform to theory. In Taunton during the late seventeenth century, Elizabeth and William Harvey reversed these roles in their professional lives. It was an important part of Elizabeth Harvey's work as an entrepreneur in the cloth trade to 'travaile abroad' to collect and sell her wares. Meanwhile William, a lawyer and civic official, often stayed at home in Elizabeth's absence to oversee family affairs. Whether despite or because of this atypical arrangement, the picture that emerges from Elizabeth's letters and other archival documents is of a successful partnership, a loving marriage and a happy family life. | |
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