Describe the dominant conceptions of gender that shaped the lives of American women in each of the three periods examined in this semester. describe how Patriarchy dictated how women lived in the era 1490-1750 (as exemplified - or challenged - by Mary Rowlandson). describe the changes (in practice or theory) that the idea of "Republican Motherhood" wrought in women's lives in the era 1750-1815 (use the real Susanna Rowson, and the fictitious Charlotte Temple as exs). Finally, to what extent does Alexis de Tocqueville describe American women as free in the era 1815-1860? Why did women play such a prominent role in reform and abolitionism?