Early American women : a documentary history, 1600-1900
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Early American women : a documentary history, 1600-1900
McGraw-Hill, c2002
2nd ed
- : [pbk.]
Available at 1 libraries
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"McGraw-Hill Higher Education"--P. [4] of cover
Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume is a collection of over 100 primary sources in women's history that reveals the diversity of women's experience from the colonial era through to the 19th century. The documents range from the familiar to the unusual. Collectively, they evoke interest, inspire reflection and invite commentary from readers. This volume can stand alone, or it can be used in combination with Susan Ware's "Modern American Women, 1890 to the Present". The book draws on a wide variety of sources, including letters, speeches, diaries, memoirs, autobiography, novels, social science and spoken history. The experiences of a wide cultural variety of women are fully represented: Native American, Jewish, black, Mexican American, Latinas and Asian-American. Chapters are constituted with a variety of voices that encourage comparison, debate, analysis and discussion.
Table of Contents
Preface. Acknowledgements. Part 1. A New World: The 17th and 18th Centuries. 1. First Encounters. 2. Well-Ordered Families. 3. The Colonial Economy. 4. Women and the Law. 5. Religious Experiences. 6. The Revolutionary Era. Part 2. The Young Nation, 1800-1860. 7. The Middle Class: Domestic Lives. 8. The School and the Mill. 9. Western Frontiers. 10. Mistress and Slave. 11. The Reform Impulse. Part 3. The Late 19th Century, 1860-1900. 12. Women's Civil War. 13. Urban Wage Earners. 14. College Women. 15. Clubs, Causes and Reform. 16. Woman Suffrage/Women's Rights.
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