Life After Death

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Life After Death is written by Lisa Wilson and published by Temple University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0877228833 (ISBN 10) and 9780877228837 (ISBN 13).

Lisa Wilson traces the experiences of widows in a society that was developing a new ideology of proper female behavior. Using wills, court records, almshouse registers, correspondence, and diaries to explore the lives of widows during this period, Wilson alters our understanding of the diversity of women's experiences and adds a new dimension to the "separate spheres" explanation of gender roles. For this group of early American women, family concerns rather than the dictates of femininity lay at the core of their lives.