The Columbia Guide to American Women in the Nineteenth Century
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: June 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780231109208
Subjects: American studies; Feminism; Reference works; c 1800 to c 1900; Sociology Of Women; Social Science; Sociology; USA; Reference; United States - 19th Century; Women's Studies - History; History / United States / General; Women's Studies - General; 19th century; History; United States; Women
First sentence: The lives of nineteenth-century American women were circumscribed by those dramatic forces that shaped all Americans: politics, economics, social upheaval, wars, depressions, disease, protest movements, migrations are among the dozens of influential factors.
Description: A convenient handbook of dates, names, terms, and resources as well as a highly readable overview of the pivotal role of women in a century of profound political and social change. The authors emphasize areas in which scholars have identified important changes (such as suffrage and reform), topics in which researchers are now making great strides (such as racial, ethnic, religious, and regional diversity), and innovative and relatively recent explorations (for example, work on female sexuality).