Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives - Women in American History

These original biographical sketches provide an excellent introduction to both the contrasts and continuities of American women's experiences through nearly four centuries. Major subjects and themes emerge from the writings, including women's rights, suffrage, education, health, 'women's liberation,' relations between the sexes, and marriage.
An excellent resource for courses in American history, women's history, and social history, Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives offers students a comprehensive and very human picture of women in American history.

Table des matières

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Importance of 'Ordinary' Women's Lives
Part 2 I. The Revolutionary Era and the Early Republic: Defining the American Woman
Chapter 3 Rebecca Dickinson: A Life Alone in the Early Republic
Chapter 4 Susanna Haswell Rowson: America's First Best-Selling Author
Chapter 5 Sacagawea: A Historical Enigma
Part 6 II. The Mid-Nineteenth Century: The Era of the Common Woman
Chapter 7 Caroline Healey Dall: Transcendental Activist
Chapter 8 Mary S. Gove Nichols: Making the Personal Political
Chapter 9 Eliza Johnson Potter: Traveler, Entrepreneur, and Social Critic
Chapter 10 Ada Adelaine Adams Vogdes: 'Follow the Drum'
Chapter 11 Teresa E. Wooldridge Ivey: Constructing an Ideal Southern Lady
Part 12 III. The Late Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Centuries: Inventing The New Woman
Chapter 13 Gertrude Osterhout: 'I Am Independent'
Chapter 14 Margaret Olivia Slocum, 'Mrs. Russell Sage': Private Griefs and Public Duties
Chapter 15 Nellie Wiegel: 'How About That?!'
Chapter 16 Ah Cum Kee and Loy Lee Ford: Between Two Worlds
Chapter 17 Catherine Kenny: Fighting for the Perfect Thirty-Sixth
Part 18 IV. World War II and Beyond: Women Challenging Modern America
Chapter 19 Willie Webb: One Woman's Struggle for Civil Rights during World War II
Chapter 20 Ethel Thomas Herold: Doing 'Women's Work' in a Philippines at War
Chapter 21 Betty Flanagan Bumpers: An 'Ordinary Mother' Dedicated to Peace
Chapter 22 Margarita 'Mago' Orona Gandara: Frontera Muralist/Artist
Chapter 23 About the Contributors
Chapter 24 Index

A propos de l'auteur

Edited by Kriste Lindenmeyer

Détails du produit

• Collaboration: Kriste Lindenmeyer (Editeur), Lindenmeyer Kriste (Editeur)
• Edition: Rowman & Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.06.2000
• EAN: 9780842027540
• ISBN: 978-0-8420-2754-0
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 226 mm x 20 mm
• Poids: 472 g
• Thème: The Human Tradition in America
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / General, HISTORY / Women, c 1500 onwards to present day, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, History of the Americas, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: historical, political and military, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards