On the strength of her research, the conclusions that White reaches about female slaves seem quite reasonable. She sets straight the mythology of the Jezebel and Mammy stereotypes, explaining how and why these images were created in white minds and exposing the reality of who these women were and what the stereotypes meant for them. She also lays out, in detail, the various roles that slave women either embraced or were forced into. She describes the particular hardships of women, especially in regard to bearing and raising children and the unique difficulties that arose from this. She gives attention to the expectations placed upon women of all ages in their roles as workers on the plantations, in their relationships with men, and in other