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2025-01-29 23:00
2025-01-30 0:00
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Webinar: Almost Inconceivable Foes: Anglo-American Women and Indian War
Emily C. K. Romeo discusses how Anglo-American women responded to the violence of the Indian Wars of late seventeenth-century New England. Romeo explores how these women challenged traditional colonial authority and the limits of appropriate behavior.
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Share Late seventeenth-century New England was marked by ongoing warfare between Indigenous people and English colonists. Romeo discusses how the tragedies of the wars instilled doubt in the validity of colonial authority and caused some Anglo-American women to challenge the limits of appropriate behavior in their communities. No longer would some wives and mothers quietly “bear Adversity” or “suppress Resentments, under the greatest Provocations,” as Puritan divine Cotton Mather advised their sex. Romeo explores how women began attacking two almost inconceivable foes: colonial officials and native peoples. Constables, tax collectors, and tithingmen were the targets of female ire when women would no longer bear the personal and financial costs of the conflicts. Later, as raids continued in northern regions of the colony, including areas of Maine, stories emerged of Englishwomen attacking and defending themselves against Indians as the most obvious source of their suffering.
Wed, Jan 29, 2025 6:00 PM
Old York Historical Society
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