Teaching Resource
Early Contacts: Native American and European Women in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Overview
The c onclusion that encounters between European settlers and Native Americans changed the lives of both groups has been central to many historical accounts of colonial history. While the arguments made are convincing, the discussions do not directly address the lives of women. It is possible that this omission is a result of a paucity of sources. Regardless of the problems with sources, the question may...