Dawn's Light Woman & Nicolas Franchomme: Marriage and Law in the Illinois Country

by Carl J. Ekberg and Sharon K. Person

WINNER, 2023 Illinois State Historical Society Superior Achievement Award in "Books, Scholarly"

Native women's marital rights and roles in colonial Illinois society

Kaskaskia, Illinois, once the state's capital, torn from the state by flood waters, and now largely forgotten, was once the home to a couple who helped transform the region in the 1720s from a frontier village to a civil society. In the heart of France's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809338866
• ISBN13: 9780809338863
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"