Evans, Sara M. 1943-,
Born for liberty : a history of women in America / Sara M. Evans. - xii, 386 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The first American women. -- The women who came to North America, 1607-1770. -- "But what have I to do with politicks?": the Revolutionary Era. -- The age of association: 1820-1845. -- A time of division: 1845-1865. -- "Maternal commonwealth" in the Gilded Age: 1865-1890. -- Women and modernity: 1890-1920. -- Flappers, Freudians, and all that jazz. -- Surviving the Great Depression. -- Women at war: the 1940s. -- The Cold War and the "feminine mystique" -- Decade of discovery: "the personal is political" -- The politicization of personal life: women versus women.
This definitive history of American women uncovers women's lives in their domestic intimacies and their public crusades from our nation's beginnings to the Eighties.
0029029902 (paperback)
Women--History.--United States
Women--Social conditions.--United States
Women--Political activity--History.--United States
HQ1410 / .E83 1989
Born for liberty : a history of women in America / Sara M. Evans. - xii, 386 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The first American women. -- The women who came to North America, 1607-1770. -- "But what have I to do with politicks?": the Revolutionary Era. -- The age of association: 1820-1845. -- A time of division: 1845-1865. -- "Maternal commonwealth" in the Gilded Age: 1865-1890. -- Women and modernity: 1890-1920. -- Flappers, Freudians, and all that jazz. -- Surviving the Great Depression. -- Women at war: the 1940s. -- The Cold War and the "feminine mystique" -- Decade of discovery: "the personal is political" -- The politicization of personal life: women versus women.
This definitive history of American women uncovers women's lives in their domestic intimacies and their public crusades from our nation's beginnings to the Eighties.
0029029902 (paperback)
Women--History.--United States
Women--Social conditions.--United States
Women--Political activity--History.--United States
HQ1410 / .E83 1989