Their Lives, Their Wills: Women in the Borderlands, 1750-1846 - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Amy M. Porter, Nancy E. Baker (Foreword by)Series:Women, Gender, and the WestPublish date:2015-06-15Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Texas Tech University PressISBN-13:9780896729322ISBN-10:089672932XUPC:9780896729322Book Category:History, Law, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Latin America, Wills, Women's StudiesBook Topic:MexicoSize:9.11 x 5.82 x 0.32 inchesWeight:0.7297Product ID:SCCAKAZZZM
Their Lives, Their Wills: Women in the Borderlands, 1750-1846
In 1815, in the Spanish settlement of San Antonio de Béxar, a dying widow named María Concepción de Estrada recorded her last will and testament. Estrada used her will to record her debts and credits, specify her property, leave her belongings to her children, make requests for her funeral arrangements, and secure her religious salvation. Wills like Estrada's reveal much about women's lives in...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Texas Tech University PressISBN-13:9780896729322ISBN-10:089672932XUPC:9780896729322Book Category:History, Law, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Latin America, Wills, Women's StudiesBook Topic:MexicoSize:9.11 x 5.82 x 0.32 inchesWeight:0.7297Product ID:SCCAKAZZZM
Amy M. Porter is an associate professor of history at Texas A&M University-San Antonio, where she teaches courses on early America, women, and Texas.
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