Common Whores, Vertuous Women, and Loveing Wives: Free Will Christian Women in Colonial Maryland

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments
This study would not have been possible without the assistance and support of many institutions and individuals. I would like to thank Routledge for permission to reprint portions of my essay “Gender and Religion in England ’s Catholic Province,” in Women and Religion in Old and New Worlds, edited by Susan Dinan and Debra Meyers (New York: Routledge, 2001), 213– 230. Early on, the Susan B. Anthony Institute at the University of Rochester helped fund several research trips to Maryland, and the guidance I received at the university from Lynn Gordon, Brenda Meehan, Linda Levy Peck, Jean Pedersen, and the late Christopher Lasch laid the groundwork for my inquiry . On two separate occasions, the Folger Institute’s generous ¤nancial support allowed me to attend seminars, for which I am grateful. Working closely with eminent scholars both broadened my thinking and sharpened my arguments.And while all of the people at the archives and historic places I visited provided a great deal of assistance, I would like to pay particular respect to Henry Miller at Historic St. Mary’s City, Sr. Constance FitzGerald at the Carmelite Monastery in Baltimore, Heather Venters at the Maryland Historical Society, Mary Kavanaugh at St. Anne’s Church in Annapolis, and the minister at Old Trinity Church in Dorchester. Of course, those individuals who agreed to read and comment on the manuscript at various stages of development deserve special thanks. Stanley Engerman, Larry Hudson, Karen Kupperman, Gloria Main, Russell Menard, Philip Morgan, and particularly Lois Carr have all provided thoughtful suggestions . I wish, too, to thank my editors and anonymous reviewers at Indiana University Press. Collectively, their comments have improved this book tremendously. xi Finally, I will never be able to adequately express my heartfelt gratitude to my mentor, friend, and occasional father ¤gure John J. Waters, Jr., who always provided words of encouragement and sound advice when I needed them most. This book is dedicated to him as a small token of my appreciation. xii acknowledgments Common Whores, Vertuous Women, and Loveing Wives ...