[CHAPTER VI—COLONIAL WOMAN AND MARRIAGE]
- [New England Weddings]—Lack of Ceremony and Merrymaking—Freedom of Choice for Women—The Parents' Permission—Evidence from Sewall—Penalty for Toying with the Heart—The Dowry.
- [Judge Sewall's Courtships]—Independence of Colonial Women—Sewall and Madam Winthrop—His Friends' Urgings—His Marriage to Mrs. Tilley—Madam Winthrop's Hard-Hearted Manner—Sewall Looks Elsewhere for a Wife—Success Again.
- [Liberty to Choose]—Eliza Pinckney's Letter on the Matter—Betty Sewall's Rejection of Lovers.
- [The Banns and the Ceremony]—Banns Required in Nearly all Colonies—Prejudice against the Service of Preachers—Sewall's Descriptions of Weddings—Sewall's Efforts to Prevent Preachers from Officiating—Refreshments at Weddings—Increase in Hilarity.
- [Matrimonial Restrictions]—Reasons for Them—Frequency of Bigamy—Monthly Fines—Marriage with Relatives.
- [Spinsters]—Youthful Marriages—Bachelors and Spinsters Viewed with Suspicion—Fate of Old Maids—Description of a Boston Spinster.
- [Separation and Divorce]—Rarity of Them—Separation in Sewall's Family—Its Tragedy and Comedy.
- [ Marriage in Pennsylvania]—Approach Toward Laxness—Ben Franklin's Marriage—Quaker Marriages—Strange Mating among Moravians—Dutch Marriages.
- [ Marriage in the South]—Church Service Required by Public Sentiment—Merrymaking—Buying Wives—Indented Servants—John Hammond's Account of Them.
- [Romance in Marriage]—Benedict Arnold's Proposal—Hamilton's Opinion of His "Betty"—The Charming Romance of Agnes Surrage.
- [Feminine Independence]—Treason at the Tongue's End—Independence of the Schuyler Girls.
- [Matrimonial Advice]—Jane Turell's Advice to Herself.
- [Matrimonial Irregularities]—Frequency of Them—Cause of Such Troubles—Winthrop's Records of Cases—Death as a Penalty—Law against Marriage of Relatives—No Discrimination in Punishment because of Sex—Sewall's Accounts of Executions—Use of the Scarlet Letter—Records by Howard—Custom of Bundling—Its Origin—Adultery between Indented White Women and Negroes—Punishment in Virginia—Instances of the Social Evil in New England—Less Shame among Colonial Men.
- [Violent Speech and Action]—Rebellious Speech against the Church—Amazonian Wives—Citations from Court Records—Punishment for Slander.
[CHAPTER VII—COLONIAL WOMAN AND THE INITIATIVE]
- [Religious Initiative]—Anne Hutchinson's Use of Brains—Bravery of Quaker Women—Perseverance of Mary Dyer—Martyrdom of Quakers.
- [Commercial Initiative]—Dabbling in State Affairs—Women as Merchants—Mrs. Franklin in Business—Pay for Women Teachers—Women as Plantation Managers—Example of Eliza Pinckney—Her Busy Day—Martha Washington as Manager.
- [Woman's Legal Powers]—Right to Own and Will Property—John Todd's Will—A Church Attempts to Cheat a Woman—Astonishing Career of Margaret Brent—Women Fortify Boston Neck—Tompson's Satire on it—Feminine Initiative at Nantucket.
- [Patriotic Initiative and Courage]—Evidence from Letters—The Anxiety of the Women—Women Near the Firing-Line—Mrs. Adams in Danger—Martha Washington's Valor—Mrs. Pinckney's Optimism—Her Financial Distress—Entertaining the Enemy—Marion's Escape—Mrs. Pinckney's Presence of Mind—Abigail Adams' Brave Words—Her Description of a Battle—Man's Appreciation of Woman's Bravery—Mercy Warren's Calmness—Catherine Schuyler's Valiant Deed—How She Treated Burgoyne—Some General Conclusions.