The Women Who Came in the Mayflower

"The Women who Came in the Mayflower" is a 1920 work by Annie Russel Marble within which she looks at the female passengers of the 'Mayflower', an English ship that transported early Pilgrims to the New World in 1620. The ship has since become an important part of American history and culture, as well as the subject of innumerable works of art, plays, films, poems, songs, books, etc. This fascinating treatise is highly recommended for those with an interest in this famous sea voyage and in American history and culture in general. Contents include: "Women Pioneers, by Mrs John A. Logan", "Foreword", "Endurance and Adventure - The Voyage and Landing", "Communal and Family Life in Plymouth 1621-1623", "Matrons and Maidens Who Came in the Mayflower", and "Companions Who Arrived in the Fortune and the Ann". Read & Co. History is republishing this classic work now complete with the excerpt "Women Pioneers" by Mrs John A. Logan.