American Women's History :
Ware, Susan, 1950-
American Women's History : A Very Short Introduction / Susan Ware. - 141 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm - Very short introductions ; 422 . - Very short introductions ; 422. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-128) and index.
In the beginning: North America's women to 1750 -- Freedom's ferment, 1750-1848 -- The challenges of citizenship, 1848-1920 -- Modern American women, 1920 to the present.
"This Very Short Introduction explores the major transformations in American women's lives, ranging from political activism to popular culture, the workforce, and the family. Beginning in early America, it places gender at the center of American history, making it clear that women's experiences were not always the same as men's. Susan Ware shows how women's domestic and waged labor shaped the northern economy and how slavery affected the lives of both free and enslaved southern women. She moves through the tumultuous decades of industrialization and urbanization, describing the nineteenth-century movements led by women (temperance, moral reform, and suffrage). The book culminates in twentieth-century female activism for civil rights and successive waves of feminism. From Anne Bradstreet to Ida B. Wells to Eleanor Roosevelt, this book recognizes women as a force in American history and, more important, tells women's history as American history." -- Front cover flap.
0199328331 9780199328338
9780199328338 40024799209
2014028720
GBB4C9437 bnb
016945862 Uk
Women--History.--United States
Women--History.--North America
Frau.
Women.
USA.
North America.
United States.
Changing Expectations Public Activism Popular Culture History
History.
HQ1410 / .W36 2015
305.40973
American Women's History : A Very Short Introduction / Susan Ware. - 141 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm - Very short introductions ; 422 . - Very short introductions ; 422. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-128) and index.
In the beginning: North America's women to 1750 -- Freedom's ferment, 1750-1848 -- The challenges of citizenship, 1848-1920 -- Modern American women, 1920 to the present.
"This Very Short Introduction explores the major transformations in American women's lives, ranging from political activism to popular culture, the workforce, and the family. Beginning in early America, it places gender at the center of American history, making it clear that women's experiences were not always the same as men's. Susan Ware shows how women's domestic and waged labor shaped the northern economy and how slavery affected the lives of both free and enslaved southern women. She moves through the tumultuous decades of industrialization and urbanization, describing the nineteenth-century movements led by women (temperance, moral reform, and suffrage). The book culminates in twentieth-century female activism for civil rights and successive waves of feminism. From Anne Bradstreet to Ida B. Wells to Eleanor Roosevelt, this book recognizes women as a force in American history and, more important, tells women's history as American history." -- Front cover flap.
0199328331 9780199328338
9780199328338 40024799209
2014028720
GBB4C9437 bnb
016945862 Uk
Women--History.--United States
Women--History.--North America
Frau.
Women.
USA.
North America.
United States.
Changing Expectations Public Activism Popular Culture History
History.
HQ1410 / .W36 2015
305.40973