Portraits of American Women From Settlement to the Present
by Barker-Benfield, G. J.; Clinton, CatherineEdition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-07-23
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
Until recently a "womanless" American history was the norm. But without a history of women we neglect gender dynamics, sex roles, and family relations--the very fundamentals of human interaction. Here 24 short essays locate the histories of women--from Pocahontas to Betty Friedan--and men together by period and provide a sense of their continuities through the whole gallery of the American past. 26 photos.
Author Biography
G.J. Barker-Benfield is in the Department of History at the State University of New York, Albany. He is the author of The Horrors of the Half-known Life and The Culture of Sensibility. Catherine Clinton is Douglas Southall Freeman Visiting Professor at the University of Richmond. Her publications include Tara Revisited, Divided Houses, and most recently The Devils Lane: Sex and Race in the Early South.
Table of Contents
| Preface | xi | ||||
| Part I Colonial Beginnings | 1 | (54) | |||
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| Part II Many Revolutions | 55 | (82) | |||
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| Part III The Flowering of Antebellum Culture | 137 | (72) | |||
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| Part IV Divided Loyalties | 209 | (90) | |||
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| Part V The Reform Era | 299 | (68) | |||
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| Part VI The Transition to Modernity | 367 | (84) | |||
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| Part VII New Horizons | 451 | (76) | |||
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| Part VIII Contemporary Lives | 527 | (70) | |||
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| Text Credits | 597 | (1) | |||
| Photo Credits | 598 | (2) | |||
| About the Authors | 600 |
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