This is the most widely used anthology of American women's history. Organized chronologically, the book is divided into four sections which cover the span of women's experiences in the US from colonial times to the present. Each section begins with a short introduction by the editors which sums up the particular historicla era being covered and ...
Drawn from the direct testimony provided by women in their letters, diaries, and legal records, this text describes women's participation in the American Revolution, evaluates changes in their education in the late 18th century and analyzes their status in law and society.
An innovative new history of women as American citizens. Women have been citizens of the United States as long as the republic has existed, but their participation in citizenship has always differed from that of men. Struggles over women's suffrage and the Equal Rights Amendment have publicized how much women have related their struggle for ...
This outstanding collection of fifteen original essays represents innovative work by some of the most influential scholars in the field of women's history. Covering a broad sweep of history from the American Revolution to contemporary times and ranging over the fields of legal, social, political, and cultural history, this book, according to its ...
The maturation and increasing complexity of studies in women's history are widely recognized, and in this collection of essays, Kerber's essential contribution to the field is made clear. In this volume are ten essays which address the role of women in early American history, and more broadly in intellectual and cultural history, and explore the ...
Emory Elliott, one of our outstanding American Literature scholars and critics and his co-editors have assembled an extraordinarily rich, diverse, and iconoclastic anthology. It constitutes a virtual revision of American literary history. -Joyce Carol Oates
Examining American history from a woman's perspective, this study has been revised and updated to include material on ethnicity, Reconstruction, Vietnam, prostitution, women at work, and eating disorders.
At the dawn of the twentieth century, China's sovereignty was fragile at best. In the face of international pressure and domestic upheaval, young urban radicals - desperate for reforms that would save their nation - clamored for change, championing Western-inspired family reform and promoting free marriage choice and economic and emotional ...
Description: Kerber, Linda K. No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies: Women and the Obligation of Citizenship. New York: Hill and Wang, 1998. xxiv, 405 pp. Cloth with dust jacket. New. * Kerber illustrates the development of American law defining women's civic obligations from Revolutionary times to the present. Beginning with the distasteful common law doctrine of coverture, the author provides careful analysis of the law with examples of women challenging the status quo, presenting a unique and powerful ... read more
Edition: First
Binding: HARD BACK
Publisher: CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS, ITHACA
Date Published: 1970
Description: GOOD GOOD DJ. GOOD DJ. 5X8. Bookplate on fep; foxing along edges with some slight stains; slightly yellowing pages otherwise in good condition; black with red/blue/white title dj on front and spine; tiny tears and chipping along edges, slgiht rubbing of dj _PAB_ read more
Edition: First
Binding: HARD BACK
Publisher: CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS, ITHACA
Date Published: 1970
Description: GOOD GOOD DJ. GOOD DJ. 5X8. Bookplate on fep; foxing along edges with some slight stains; slightly yellowing pages otherwise in good condition; black with red/blue/white title dj on front and spine; tiny tears and chipping along edges, slgiht rubbing of dj _PAB_ read more
Edition: First
Binding: HARD BACK
Publisher: CORNELL UNIV PRESS, ITHACA
Date Published: 1970
Description: GOOD GOOD DJ. GOOD DJ. 5X8. Bookplate on fep; foxing along edges with some slight stains; slightly yellowing pages otherwise in good condition; black with red/blue/white title dj on front and spine; tiny tears and chipping along edges, slgiht rubbing of dj _PAB_ read more
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Liberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750-1800
