Susan Migden Socolow is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Latin American History at Emory University.

Review of previous edition: 'A nuanced, well-balanced overview of all kinds of colonial Latin American women and every facet of their lives … [It] will appeal to historians in general and the general public and it should be very successful in undergraduate classes on Latin American women.' Hispanic American Historical Review

• 1. Iberian women in the old world and the new; 2. Before Columbus: women in indigenous America and Africa; 3. Conquest and colonization; 4. The arrival of Iberian women; 5. Women, marriage, and family; 6. Elite women; 7. The brides of Christ and other religious women; 8. Women and work; 9. Women and slavery; 10. Women and social deviance: crime, witchcraft, and rebellion; 11. Women and enlightenment reform; 12. Conclusion.