A Tapestry Of Lives: Cape Women Of The 17th Century book by June McKinnon

Softcover published by Kwela Books 2004

First edition, first printing

Three stickers on the cover as per photo.

The women who lived in the Cape of Good Hope in the 17th century come to life in this series of portraits of extraordinary frontier females. While war, fearful animals, **, and the stern policies of the East India Company obliged these women to develop hardy constitutions, demand by a vastly larger male population granted them a peculiar role as both ** and survivors in the frontier as their menfolk succumbed to lion attacks and illness, they often found themselves moving between several husbands and households. Women from all walks of life, including the ** Khoekhoe, Dutch governors' wives, peasant farmers, innkeepers, and ** are detailed in this historical panorama, providing invaluable information for women's studies and South African history.