Toward an intellectual history of women
Subtitle: essays
By: by Linda K. Kerber.
Series: Gender and American culture; Gender & American culture.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
Subjects: Women -- United States -- Intellectual life; Women in politics -- United States -- History; Feminism -- United States -- History
Description: The essays in this volume address the role of women in early American history and, more broadly, in intellectual and cultural history and explore the rhetoric of historiography. Prefaced with an eloquent and personal introduction, these writings illustrate the evolution of a vital field of inquiry and trace the intellectual development of one of its leading scholars.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.