Women's America is the most widely used anthology of American women's history readings. Organized chronologically, the book is divided into four sections that cover the span of women's experiences from colonial times to the present. The editors have selected writings on the interaction of race, class, ethnicity, and gender in women's lives. Each section begins with a short introduction by the editors highlighting the particular historical era being covered and the scope of the documents that follow. Women's America , now ...
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Women's America is the most widely used anthology of American women's history readings. Organized chronologically, the book is divided into four sections that cover the span of women's experiences from colonial times to the present. The editors have selected writings on the interaction of race, class, ethnicity, and gender in women's lives. Each section begins with a short introduction by the editors highlighting the particular historical era being covered and the scope of the documents that follow. Women's America , now in its fifth edition, has been extensively revised and contains 34 new selections including several original essays written especially for this edition by leading U.S. historians in the field. Successfully class-tested, these new essays feature more material on anti-feminist women and the impact of ethnicity in American culture. This new edition covers such diverse groups as nuns in early Chicago, Native American women on the Northwestern frontier, young Jewish labor organizers in the garment industry in turn-of-the-century New York, interracial activists in the segregated South, and Chicana feminists in the Southwest. It provides new collective portraits of women in the California Gold Rush, Confederate women in the Civil War South, Freedwomen in Reconstruction Atlanta, and Chinese-American women in 1930s San Francisco. There are new essays on Florence Kelley, Harriet Stanton Blatch, Miriam Van Waters, Betty Friedan, and Phyllis Schlafly. The introductory and concluding essays have been revised and the bibliography has been entirely rewritten to take into account the growing body of recent literature in the field. Women's America is an essential text for courses in women's history and is a splendid supplement for more general survey courses on American history.
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Women's America: Refocusing the Past is an extremely good text for anyone studying women's history because of its contributors and primary sources. Each essay includes a primary source (e.g. diary excerpts, old newspaper articles, etc.) and commentary. Some of the stories are so interesting and realistic, they make me love history even more.