American Women's History on Film

"A welcome addition to women''s- and film-history collections." - Booklist By exploring a range of films about American women, this book offers readers an opportunity to engage in both history and film in a new way, embracing representation, diversity, and historical context. Throughout film history, stories of women achieving in American history appear few and far between compared to the many epic tales of male achievement. This book focuses largely on films written by women and about women who tackled the humanist issues of their day and mostly won. Films about women are important for all viewers of all genders because they remind us that the American experience is not just male and white. This book examines 10 films, featuring diverse depictions of women and women''s history, and encourages readers to discern how and where these films deviate from historical accuracy. Covering films from the 1950s all the way to the 2010s, this text is invaluable for students and general readers who wish to interrogate the way women''s history appears on the big screen.

About the author

Rosanne Welch is Executive Director of the Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting, USA. She has TV writing credits on Beverly Hills 90210, Picket Fences, Nightline and Touched by an Angel. Her award-winning publications include When Women Wrote Hollywood (2018) and Women in American History (2017). She has additionally written American Women's History on Film (2023) and The Civil War on Film (2021).

Product details

• Authors: Peg A Lamphier, Lamphier Peg A., Rosanne Welch, Welch Rosanne
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 26.06.2025
• EAN: 9798765166987
• ISBN: 9798765166987
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Hollywood History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, 20th Century, HISTORY / Women, 21st Century, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Film Theory & Criticism, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Film history, theory or criticism