The Other Civil War
Subtitle: American Women in the Nineteenth Century
Edition: Revised edition
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: April 30, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780809016228
Subjects: Women's Studies - History; United States - 19th Century; History - General History; History: American; Women; Social Science / Women's Studies; History; 19th century; Feminism; United States
First sentence: THE American Revolution created unprecedented opportunities for women as well as men.
Description: The American women who worked for our country's independence in 1776 hoped the new Republic would grant them unprecedented power and influence. But it was not until the next century that a hardy group of pathbreakers began the slow march on the road to autonomy, a road American women continue to travel today. The Other Civil War, first published in 1984, was among the first books to bring together the new accomplishments of the then-infant discipline of women's history.

This revised edition offers a thoroughly updated bibliography, including not only new books and articles but also Internet sources from the past fifteen years of innovative scholarship.