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| MAKING CONNECTIONS | Recognize the larger developments and continuities within and across chapters by answering these questions. |
ACROSS TIME AND PLACE How did the economic revolution described in Chapter 9 affect the lives of women in various social groups, and how did it make their experiences different from those of their mothers, whose political and social lives were explored in Chapter 6 on the American Revolution, and their grandmothers, whose work lives and cultural experiences were considered in Chapter 4?
VISUAL EVIDENCE Look again at three images, the women weavers from Maine, the woodworker, and the Hartford family. Taken together, what insights do they provide into the different aspects and social consequences of the Economic Revolution?