University of Massachusetts Boston ScholarWorks at UMass Boston Graduate Masters Theses Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses 12-1-2010 Gentility and Gender Roles Within the 18th- Century Merchant Class of Newport, Rhode Island Nicki Hise University of Massachusetts Boston Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.umb.edu/masters_theses Part of the Archaeological Anthropology Commons, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, and the Gender and Sexuality Commons Recommended Citation Hise, Nicki, "Gentility and Gender Roles Within the 18th-Century Merchant Class of Newport, Rhode Island" (2010). Graduate Masters Theses. Paper 22. This Open Access Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses at ScholarWorks at UMass Boston. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Masters Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at UMass Boston. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. GENTILITY AND GENDER ROLES WITHIN THE 18TH-CENTURY MERCHANT CLASS OF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND A Thesis Presented by NICKI L. HISE Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS December 2010 Historical Archaeology Program © 2010 by Nicki L. Hise All rights reserved GENTILITY AND GENDER ROLES WITHIN THE 18TH-CENTURY MERCHANT CLASS OF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND A Thesis Presented by NICKI L. HISE Approved as to style and content by: ___________________________________________________ David B. Landon, Associate Professor of Anthropology Chairperson of Committee ___________________________________________________ James Garman, Associate Professor of Cultural and Historic Preservation Salve Regina University Member ___________________________________________________ Stephen A. Mrozowski, Professor of Anthropology Member ________________________________ Stephen W.