This four-volume set documents the complexity and richness of women's contributions to American history and culture, empowering all students by demonstrating a more populist approach to the past. • Provides significantly more detail than typical reference works on women's history and culture, enabling readers to better appreciate the contributions of women of all socio-cultural statuses • Covers the astounding range of American women's experience, including women of various economic and racial statuses, religious affiliations, political and ideological identifications, and sexualities • Includes a significant selection of primary documents, thereby combining the educational power of secondary and primary literature to create a richer learning experience for users
The Woman in American History
... “ My Daily Bread Depends Upon My Labor ' : Craftswomen , Community and the Marketplace in Rural New England , 1740-1820 , " won the Organization of American Historians ' Lerner - Scott prize for outstanding work in women's history .
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See also editors Katharine Meyer Graham 105–106 Eleanor Medill Patterson 200 Gloria Steinem 241–242 Puck (statue) 118 Pugh, Sarah 285 Puritan doctrine 121 Putnam, George P. 76 Q 414 INDEX R race issues. See also civil rights in.
The Part Taken by Women in American History
For use in schools and libraries only. Presents a chronological survey of woman's role in American history.
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This outstanding collection of fifteen original essays represents innovative work by some of the most influential scholars in the field of women's history.
As a result of these publications she was accepted into Philadelphia's literary circles, and every Saturday evening held gatherings at her father's estate at Graeme Park that were similar to the literary salons of Europe.
The study and teaching of history unexpectedly emerged as the subject of intense public debate.