you always hear our forefathers so what about for mothers
america's foundation's were built solely by men and one woman challenges that
impression with her latest book
female adventures the women who helped colonized Massachusetts and Connecticut
she's here with me today she is author Alice push art still sir
and she's gonna tell me about her book that specifically focuses on women
in this area thank you so much hours well thank you for having me I
always love to talk about my book that's right to tell us
you're not going out like I mention women in general but women specifically
in the Massachusetts and Connecticut
area right that were really paving the way for us
hundreds of years ago way and they were women that were totally
unknown on took I always equated it to
on a jigsaw puzzle find a little information here in little information
there
because they were pretty much in the 1600s
unrecorded in the record on even some at the birth records on me think they like
fan of sunau and get the father's name and never mention the mother
cell it took a lot of research and I'm sure
and especially if there was a female less
information was recorded because back then it wasn't as important to record
operation about females we're talking about and off camera but you mention
there was even
innocents a pre-nuptial agreement way that came from what the 1600 right
way with about i think im 1635
I'm and she was still in England then on but she followed her children over here
and they didn't pre-nuptial for different reasons arm if they were
trying to keep their land when they remarried
or arm husband would have to give
his wife one-third I love out his household
on things and if he didn't want to maker sign a pre-nup
pre-nup catcher manner pack so talk about how you chose the women that you
talk about your book
and she had many to choose from but let me check on at the time
way I I'm I started with the research form and might have on the information I
defined if they had some part of their life
that really added to on on lunch
women's history and that's pretty much count and I tried to have different
ages and different income bracket to Talk About Love woman nothing from
massachusetts gives an example some chocolate from at this time %ah
massachusetts is Mary Holt
actually she ended up in connecticut back I'm pretty sure she came from
massachusetts and
she was on rape and then brought into court
and she was actually wept for being raped and
then are have later on three man what happened
and the love and it went by church law and the law was
that on the man who raped her had to marry her
back he was a soldier
under on a very important person cell
on family she gets a accused of something
out somebody put it I'm around or something like that
and the banister right out of town i cant find where she went to anything
very interesting story thankfully nothing like that is happening today is
that D
even think that something like that could happen years ago right here in
think state that we're living in think incredible and so what are some examples
from connecticut
the I'm connecticut my thing people find interesting
is at thomas Hawk earth wife of course comes stock with very famous
but with all that was written about him is very little written about his wife
and she was invalid in some way
on I'm I don't know if she was on a ship or not it didn't form fill
but when they left Cambridge to come to Hartford because he with the Minister
hartford she was on a litter for the whole 100 miles and they walk back 100
miles how did you get into doing its ok
what brought you to this point revive right about the time
well I would ask the dude from short profiles and then
I'm 17th 18th and 19th century and as I finished eat
sent direct venture its and Terry
on they on handling and give a talk in the community
and everybody really loved him sound a couple people suggested I do a book
connect
things like a good idea I love the research what is the reaction from
people in the coming year on year
your your book talks and yeah with what is the reaction from people in the area
it
it's been very positive I i'm I'm really pleased
on that I love my book cock some on
the people want to stay after I am really discuss women's history
and me and that's very gratifying maybe now in interest rates
much more public much more promoted but allotted when its history from
back hundreds of years ago not very much better without nowadays no
no and my problem with the a lot of the women's history if it's very generalized
under the heading colonial history and it's not
doesn't really address on the issues that sacrifices the struggles
on the first women who came and that kinda where your breath
way come when I started to research you it with different and then about a year
and
I decided I wanted to do the most important story
and I thought that was the first generation of women
can't they came here to nothing that's very true tell Lana nothing with hardly
anything right
and that they still way Manisha and built this country
they get they set the standard for life in this country for many years
as this and are you gonna continue on and now
I'm I'm considering ways I
I have two dreams 1 is that
other writers will do similar research
and and put out more books to broaden our women's history literature
my second one is to find ways to get this information to children
to the youth the backcountry cuz they aren't getting in school
well thank you very much very much for at least promoting this idea alan's
pushcarts Lt thank you