Thomas and Charity Rotch: The Quaker Experience of Settlement in Ohio in the Early Republic 1800-1824

Thomas and Charity Rotch: The Quaker Experience of Settlement in Ohio in the Early Republic 1800-1824
ISBN-10
1443884863
ISBN-13
9781443884860
Category
Religion
Pages
295
Language
English
Published
2015-10-13
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Author
Barbara K. Wittman

Description

This first full length study of Quakers Charity and Thomas Rotch, early New England settlers to northeast Ohio (1811–1824) explores their role in the transformation of the frontier environment from wilderness to a prosperous market town. The book utilizes a wide selection of archival sources to provide insights into early community building in Ohio. The letters of Charity Rotch suggest that Quaker women forged particular sorts of relationships that encouraged their interconnections and interdependence. Women also recognized the significance of gender in their lives as they defined themselves collectively as women. The vocabulary and the cultural grammar that women used to reinforce kinship ties were crucial to building and maintain their faith communities over extended geographic distances. This book will be of interest to scholars of early Ohio economic history and development, Quaker history and settlement in Ohio, gender, and the household in 19th century American history.

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