| Brabbling Women: Disorderly Speech and the Law in Early Virginia Subjects: Women -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century; Women -- Legal status laws etc. -- Virginia -- History; Sex customs -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century; Terri L. Snyder demonstrates how women resisted and challenged oppressive political, legal, and cultural practices in colonial Virginia. Terri L. Snyder is Professor of American Studies at California State University, Fullerton. |