Conference Presentations by Leigh-Anne Yacovelli
An understanding existed in families that women would take over certain duties when men could not... more An understanding existed in families that women would take over certain duties when men could not perform the tasks, because of either their duties in government or business. Women helped keep the shops and farms, which their husbands typically managed. The women in colonial Pennsylvania were not much different from their counterparts in other colonies in how and when they found opportunities that expanded their limited legal sphere of influence, which included entering contracts for property, participation in commerce, and comprehensive management of their households.
Colonial women typically accepted their place in society without rancor. Society still expected women to live up to certain expectations regardless of their economic level. Almost every woman accepted her subservient position in the family and community. Her religious beliefs defined her through her daily responsibilities as she maintained a household and bore children, all while she deferred to her husband in all things.
A woman could and did work in the male sphere while married, but she did so in her husband’s name unless and until she petitioned the court for the right to do otherwise. Despite society’s convention to marry, some women did not. They took advantage of the freedom the law allowed them in matters of business. Widows in particular no longer had a husband in their life to help with certain tasks commonly associated with men. The widows who chose not to remarry supported themselves and their children with businesses commonly managed in their homes.
Papers by Leigh-Anne Yacovelli
The assignment for Clarion University of Pennsylvania’s LS 573: Integrated Technologies in Librar... more The assignment for Clarion University of Pennsylvania’s LS 573: Integrated Technologies in Libraries class required a student to analyze the features of an ILS through an interview with a librarian who used the ILS, and review recent literature on the product and its customers. Knowing what features librarians most commonly use in today’s libraries, and what additional problems faced by the libraries that current ILS systems do not address, could help a student or new librarian know not only the current problems, but also the trends. A product review regarding the Polaris ILS provided insight into the product’s usefulness with regards to how it met a library and its patrons’ actual needs, and its ability to grow to meet the trends.
The assignment for Clarion University of Pennsylvania’s LS 504: Introduction to the Information P... more The assignment for Clarion University of Pennsylvania’s LS 504: Introduction to the Information Professions class required a student to review recent literature on a topic of interest, briefly comment on any controversial aspects, and provide possible solutions to a problem commonly found in libraries. This student chose to discuss emerging technologies in today’s libraries. Specifically, the ideas of generational differences in ability to learn and work with technology, and the impacts felt when change happens, are explored, and suggestions on the apparent generation divide in the library workplace are offered.
The Federalists’ plan to reduce the new nation’s debt resulted in several crises, one of which wa... more The Federalists’ plan to reduce the new nation’s debt resulted in several crises, one of which was the Whiskey Rebellion. The events that unfolded in western Pennsylvania could have happened along any of the frontier areas. Virginia and Tennessee both felt the effects of the whiskey tax, but Pennsylvania, with its system of government that was the closest to true democracy, seemed to draw the most attention from government leaders. The residents of Western Pennsylvania fought for the acknowledgement of their needs by the leaders in the East. Specifically, the Whisky Boys, some of the men from Pennsylvania’s Western half, fought for the repeal of a law that mostly affected the people along the frontier border. These same men became the focus of the federal government’s attention as it implemented its plan to unburden the new nation from its national debt.
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Conference Presentations by Leigh-Anne Yacovelli
Colonial women typically accepted their place in society without rancor. Society still expected women to live up to certain expectations regardless of their economic level. Almost every woman accepted her subservient position in the family and community. Her religious beliefs defined her through her daily responsibilities as she maintained a household and bore children, all while she deferred to her husband in all things.
A woman could and did work in the male sphere while married, but she did so in her husband’s name unless and until she petitioned the court for the right to do otherwise. Despite society’s convention to marry, some women did not. They took advantage of the freedom the law allowed them in matters of business. Widows in particular no longer had a husband in their life to help with certain tasks commonly associated with men. The widows who chose not to remarry supported themselves and their children with businesses commonly managed in their homes.
Papers by Leigh-Anne Yacovelli
Colonial women typically accepted their place in society without rancor. Society still expected women to live up to certain expectations regardless of their economic level. Almost every woman accepted her subservient position in the family and community. Her religious beliefs defined her through her daily responsibilities as she maintained a household and bore children, all while she deferred to her husband in all things.
A woman could and did work in the male sphere while married, but she did so in her husband’s name unless and until she petitioned the court for the right to do otherwise. Despite society’s convention to marry, some women did not. They took advantage of the freedom the law allowed them in matters of business. Widows in particular no longer had a husband in their life to help with certain tasks commonly associated with men. The widows who chose not to remarry supported themselves and their children with businesses commonly managed in their homes.