02272cam a2200313 4500 2634117941 TxAuBib 20251204120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781541600591 1541600592 B09BN33358 Amazon 72bb94fd-9d21-4e26-94ac-48158159ea1c OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6456214 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib DeJean, Joan. Mutinous Women [Bridges eBook] : How French Convicts Became Founding Mothers of the Gulf Coast. Basic Books, 2022. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p><b>The secret history of the rebellious Frenchwomen who were exiled to colonial Louisiana and found power in the Mississippi Valley</b></p> <p>In 1719, a ship named <i>La Mutine</i> (the mutinous woman), sailed from the French port of Le Havre, bound for the Mississippi. It was loaded with urgently needed goods for the fledgling French colony, but its principal commodity was a new kind of export: women.</p> <p>Falsely accused of sex crimes, these women were prisoners, shackled in the ship’s hold. Of the 132 women who were sent this way, only 62 survived. But these women carved out a place for themselves in the colonies that would have been impossible in France, making advantageous marriages and accumulating property. Many were instrumental in the building of New Orleans and in settling Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, and Mississippi.</p> <p>Drawing on an impressive range of sources to restore the voices of these women to the historical record, <i>Mutinous Women</i> introduces us to the Gulf South’s Founding Mothers.</p>. Biography & Autobiography. Women's Studies. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-12-02 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=72bb94fd-9d21-4e26-94ac-48158159ea1c&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=72bb94fd-9d21-4e26-94ac-48158159ea1c&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)