Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: "We Are But a Women Nation"
1. The Power of Life: Gender and Organization in Lenape Society
2. Living Traditions in Times of Turmoil: Meniolagomekah
3. Powerful Women: Disruptive and Disorderly Women
4. Mapping the Future: Women and Visions
5. Metaphors and National Identity: Delawares-as-Women
6. What the Hermit Saw: Change and Continuity in the History of Gender and Encounters

List of Abbreviations
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments

Promotional Information

A Nation of Women provides a history of the significance of gender in Lenape/Delaware encounters with Europeans, and a history of women in these encounters.

About the Author

Gunlog Fur is Professor of History at Vaxjo University, Sweden.

Reviews

"Fur's use of Swedish records and her imaginative approach to the Moravian records make this book rich in new information on Delaware history and a major contribution to the literature in women's history."—Nancy Shoemaker, University of Connecticut