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The Weaker Vessel: Woman's Lot in Seventeenth-Century England

Antonia Fraser

What were the women of the Civil War era like? What could they expect beyond marriage and childbirth in an age where infant and maternal mortality was frequent and contraception unknown? Antonia Fraser brings to life the many women she has researched.

Gender & SexualityGender & Sexuality · medium confidenceGender & Sexuality81 signalsLlm Classifier: Gender & Sexuality -> Gender & SexualityKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryKeyword Classifier: Gender & Sexuality -> Gender & SexualityAmerican Civil WarGender & FeminismWar & Military StrategyRegional & Local History

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Wolfson History PrizeMajor1984WinnerOfficial source
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