Synopses & Reviews
This comprehensive synthesis of women's history from the 17th century to the present draws on the past three decades of scholarship in the field. Its unique paired-chapter format couples a narrative "episode" that vividly evokes a particular individual or event with a synthesis chapter that places each episode carefully within its broader historical context. This pairing of the concrete and specific with the general and historic creates the most compelling reading experience available in a survey of U.S. women's history. It's the only text that lets your students see, hear, and understand women making history. Now in a thoroughly updated Third Edition, which captures and reflects the most recent scholarship in this dynamic field and offers expanded attention to diversity and ethnicity.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 613-614) and index.
About the Author
Nancy Woloch teaches history and American Studies at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of 'Muller vs. Oregon: A Brief History with Documents' (1996); co-author of 'The American Century: A History of the United States Since the 1890s' (1998), with Walter Lafeber and Richard Polenberg; and co-author of 'The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People' (4th ed., 2000).
Table of Contents
1. Mary Rowlandsons Captivity2. The Seventeenth Century: A Frontier Society
A Necessary GoodHousewifery and TradeServants and SlavesNative American WomenProphets and SaintsInvisible Furies3. Eliza Pinckney and Republican Motherhood
4. The Eighteenth Century: The Eve of Modernity
Wives and WidowsCharacter and CapacityLegal InstitutionsDiversity of CulturesThe Cradle of the RevolutionThe Pursuit of HappinessFathers and Daughters, Mothers and Sons5. Sarah Hale and the Ladies Magazine
6. Promoting Womans Sphere, 1800-1860
The Home and the WorldPiety and PurityAcademy and Common SchoolReaders and AuthorsFactory and MillCity and FrontierWhite Women in the Antebellum South7. The Grimke Sisters Assail Slavery: The 1830s
8. Benevolence, Reform, and Slavery, 1800-1860
Origins of AssociationMoral ReformWomen in SlaveryAbolition and the Woman QuestionCommunitarian Alternatives and Legal RightsThe Women's Rights Movement9. The Shirtwaist Strike of 1909
10. Women at Work, 1860-1920
Civil War and Women's WorkThe Black ExperienceThe Trans-Mississippi WestImmigrants, Cities, and Working GirlsWomen in IndustryThe Union ExperienceOffice, Store, and Classroom11. The Founding of Hull-House
12. The Rise of the New Woman, 1860-1920
Shrinking FamiliesThe College WomanThe Professional WomanClubwomen and CrusadersEducated HomemakersSocial Housekeepers13. The Crisis of the NWSA
14. Feminism and Suffrage, 1860-1920
An Independent Suffrage MovementFinding a ConstituencyThe Argument over SuffrageVoices on the LeftPeace, War, and the Woman's PartyWomen and the Vote15. Direct Action: Margaret Sangers Crusade
16. Cross-Currents: The 1920s
Feminists in ConflictAspiration and CareerMigrants and ImmigrantsThe New Morality"Pals" and "Partners"Companions and ConsumersContraceptive Politics17. Humanizing the New Deal, 1933
18. Emergencies: The 1930s and 1940s
Depression FamiliesWorking WomenWomen's New Deal"Front Page Woman"The Impact of World War IIPostwar Prospects19. Turning Points: The Early 1960s
20. High Expectations: 1950-1975
Suburban HousewivesWorking MothersMixed SignalsBlack Women in Postwar AmericaCivil Rights and Women's LiberationLegitimizing Feminism21. The Thomas Hearings: Responses to Anita Hill, 1991
22. In Search of Equality: Since 1975
Feminism at StalemateWomen in the WorkplaceFamilies in TransitionImmigration, Ethnicity, and DiversityThe Gender GapWomen and the Law23. Epilogue: Toward the Twenty-First Century
AppendixBibliographical NoteIndex