Women and the Historical Enterprise in America
Subtitle: Gender, Race, and the Politics of Memory, 1880-1945 (Gender and American Culture)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 8, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780807827963
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Historiography; Women's studies; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; United States; Political aspects; Sociology; Women's Studies - History; History: American; USA; United States - General; Women's Studies/Gender Studies; History/United States: General; African-American/African Studies; American Studies; Women's Studies - General; History; Social aspects; Women historians
First sentence: In 1921 a writer for the New York Evening World asked the question, "Why was it left for women to write the most authentic histories of New York?"