"That which she calls her own:": gender and material culture in early Philadelphia wills

Author(s)Cross, Jody E.
Date Accessioned2020-07-10T18:03:58Z
Date Available2020-07-10T18:03:58Z
Publication Date2001
AbstractSixteen Philadelphia couples left wills during the years 1682 to 1712. A total of forty-four women also left wills during these same years. These wills (and inventories) offer a unique chance to study issues of gender and material culture for the first generation of city residents. Analysis of the types of property, portion sizes, and kinds of specific object bequests bequeathed to heirs between husbands and wives and between women testators themselves actually reveal that gender may not be the best way to view the material culture shown in these wills. There are only a few discernible patterns to the way these women and couples bequeathed. In fact, one pattern seems to be that of exception. These wills suggest that factors, such as number of children, individuality, and possibly religious views, and not gender, guided the behavior and thinking of these early testators.en_US
AdvisorHerman, Bernard L.
DegreeM.A.
ProgramUniversity of Delaware, Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
Unique Identifier1164333990
URLhttp://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/27295
PublisherUniversity of Delawareen_US
URIhttps://search.proquest.com/docview/304801549?accountid=10457
dc.subject.lcshWills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
dc.subject.lcshInventories of decedents' estates -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
dc.subject.lcshInheritance and succession -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
dc.subject.lcshMen -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
dc.subject.lcshWomen -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
dc.subject.lcshMarried people -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
dc.subject.lcshPhiladelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs -- 17th century
dc.subject.lcshPhiladelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
Title"That which she calls her own:": gender and material culture in early Philadelphia willsen_US
TypeThesisen_US
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