The women of Mexico City, 1790-1857

This pioneering study poses three main questions: Were women's roles in this era as narrow and unimportant as has been assumed? To what extent were women dominated by men? Can significant differences be found betweeen younger and older women, married and single, upper class and lower class? Frontmatter Introduction (page 1) 1. The Mobilization of Women (page 14) 2. Legal Status (page 53) 3. Demographic Patterns (page 98) 4. Employment (page 154) 5. Marital Relations and Divorce (page 206) Conclusion (page 259) Appendixes Notes (page 293) Bibliography (page 355) Sources of Illustrations (page 369) Index (page 373) Introduction -- 1. The Mobilization Of Women -- 2. Legal Status -- 3. Demographic Patterns -- 4. Employment -- 5. Marital Relations And Divorce -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Sources Of Illustrations -- Index. Silvia Marina Arrom. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [355]-368. This study confronts three questions about Mexico City from 1790 to 1857: were women's roles as narrow and unimportant as has been assumed?; to what extent were women dominated by men?; and can differences be found between younger and older women, married and single, upper class and lower class? Mexican women did not keep diaries, and the few surviving letters I located afford only rare glimpses of how they felt and what they believed.