Modern American Women: A Documentary History

2002 History

Author : Susan Ware
Release : 2002
Genre : History
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Download or read book Modern American Women: A Documentary History written by Susan Ware. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of primary source documents for the American women's history course, 'Modern American Women: A Documentary History' focuses on events and developments involving women from 1890 to the present. New material includes documents on anti-lynching activism and Indian relocation, excerpts from 'The Vagina Monologues' by Eve Ensler, expanded chapters on 'Sexuality and the Body' and 'The State of the Movement for Women's Equality'. New part introductions provide historical context for and identify key themes that emerge from the documents in each of the book's three parts while headnotes, suggestions for further reading and photo essays supplement this already thorough and intimate look at women's history in the 20th century.

Beyond Rosie

2015-03-01 History

Author : Julia Brock
Release : 2015-03-01
Genre : History
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Download or read book Beyond Rosie written by Julia Brock. This book was released on 2015-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of primary source documents, which include photographs, official reports, editorials, executive orders, radio broadcast scripts, letters and oral histories, detailing the experiences and contributions of American women during World War II. The documentary collection is a companion volume to a 2012 traveling exhibition from the Museum of History and Holocaust Education. Chapter 1 documents the mobilization of women into industrial factories and agricultural sectors. Chapter 2 deals with women who found employment in white-collar professions, such as law, journalism, clerical work and medicine. Chapter 3 traces women's service in military auxiliary units. Chapter 4 focuses on women's domestic labor on the home front. Chapter 5 documents the secret war waged by the government including its use of women as spies and saboteurs.

Early American Women: A Documentary History, 1600 - 1900

2002 History

Author : Nancy Woloch
Release : 2002
Genre : History
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Download or read book Early American Women: A Documentary History, 1600 - 1900 written by Nancy Woloch. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains a collection of over 100 primary sources in women's history that reveals the diversity of women's experience from the colonial era through the 19th century. The documents range from the familiar to the unusual. Collectively, they evoke interest, inspire reflection, and invite commentary from readers. It presents sources such as census data from Spanish California, accounts of Iroquois women in government, oral histories of slaves, and material on the 19th century suffrage movement.

We, the American Women

1983 History

Author : Beth Millstein Kava
Release : 1983
Genre : History
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Download or read book We, the American Women written by Beth Millstein Kava. This book was released on 1983. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the legal and social status of women, the contributions of outstanding women, and the role of the "average woman" during each of twelve periods in American history. Includes excerpts from writings of and about women of each period.

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