Women and The American Experience, A Concise History

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ISBN: 9780072418217 | 0072418214
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 7/23/2001

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The 2d edition of this concise history has been revised to incorporate continuing research in the fast-growing field of Women's History. Additions to the text include an exploration of women's experiences and roles in various ethnic groups as well as three new sections: "The Trans-Mississippi West", "Migrants and Immigrants" and "Women and the Law". Woloch's lucid, lively and thorough survey retains the same comprehensive style that has made it the best-selling narrative text in American Women's History.

Chapter 1: The Seventeenth Century: A Frontier Society

A Necessary Good
Housewifery and Trade
Servants and Slaves
Native American Women
Prophets and Saints
Invisible Furies

Chapter 2: The Eighteenth Century: The Eve of Modernity

Wives and Widows
Character and Capacity
Legal Institutions
Diversity of Cultures
The Cradle of the Revolution
The Pursuit of Happiness
Fathers and Daughters, Mothers and Sons

Chapter 3: Promoting Woman’s Sphere, 1800-1860

The Home and the World
Piety and Purity
Academy and Common School
Readers and Authors
Factory and Mill
City and Frontier
White Women in the Antebellum South

Chapter 4: Benevolence, Reform, and Slavery, 1800-1860

Origins of Association
Moral Reform
Women in Slavery
Abolition and the Woman Question
Communitarian Alternatives and Legal Rights
The Women’s Rights Movement

Chapter 5: Women at Work, 1860-1920

Civil War and Women’s Work
The Black Experience
The Trans-Mississippi West
Immigrants, Cities, and Working Girls
Women in Industry
The Union Experience
Office, Store, and Classroom

Chapter 6: The Rise of the New Woman, 1860-1920

Shrinking Families
The College Woman
The Professional Woman
Clubwomen and Crusaders
Educated Homemakers
Social Housekeepers

Chapter 7: Feminism and Suffrage, 1860-1920

An Independent Suffrage Movement
Finding a Constituency
The Argument Over Suffrage
Voices on the Left
Peace, War, and the Woman’s Party
Women and the Vote

Chapter 8: Cross-Currents: The 1920s

Feminists in Conflict
Aspiration and Career
Migrants and Immigrants
The New Morality
“Pals” and “Partners”
Companions and Consumers
Contraceptive Politics

Chapter 9: Emergencies: The 1930s and 1940s

Depression Families
Working Women
Women’s New Deal
“Front Page Woman”
The Impact of World War II
Postwar Prospects

Chapter 10: High Expectations: 1950-1975

Suburban Housewives
Working MothersMixed Signals
Black Women in Postwar America
Civil Rights and Women’s Liberation
Legitimizing Feminism

Chapter 11: In Search of Equality: Since 1975

Feminism at Stalemate
Women in the Workplace
Families in Transition
Immigration, Ethnicity, and Diversity
The Gender Gap
Women and the Law

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Women and The American Experience, A Concise History

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials

Chapter 1: The Seventeenth Century: A Frontier Society

A Necessary Good
Housewifery and Trade
Servants and Slaves
Native American Women
Prophets and Saints
Invisible Furies

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 2: The Eighteenth Century: The Eve of Modernity

Wives and Widows
Character and Capacity
Legal Institutions
Diversity of Cultures
The Cradle of the Revolution
The Pursuit of Happiness
Fathers and Daughters, Mothers and Sons

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 3: Promoting Woman’s Sphere, 1800-1860

The Home and the World
Piety and Purity
Academy and Common School
Readers and Authors
Factory and Mill
City and Frontier
White Women in the Antebellum South

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 4: Benevolence, Reform, and Slavery, 1800-1860

Origins of Association
Moral Reform
Women in Slavery
Abolition and the Woman Question
Communitarian Alternatives and Legal Rights
The Women’s Rights Movement

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 5: Women at Work, 1860-1920

Civil War and Women’s Work
The Black Experience
The Trans-Mississippi West
Immigrants, Cities, and Working Girls
Women in Industry
The Union Experience
Office, Store, and Classroom

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 6: The Rise of the New Woman, 1860-1920

Shrinking Families
The College Woman
The Professional Woman
Clubwomen and Crusaders
Educated Homemakers
Social Housekeepers

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 7: Feminism and Suffrage, 1860-1920

An Independent Suffrage Movement
Finding a Constituency
The Argument Over Suffrage
Voices on the Left
Peace, War, and the Woman’s Party
Women and the Vote

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 8: Cross-Currents: The 1920s

Feminists in Conflict
Aspiration and Career
Migrants and Immigrants
The New Morality
“Pals” and “Partners”
Companions and Consumers
Contraceptive Politics

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 9: Emergencies: The 1930s and 1940s

Depression Families
Working Women
Women’s New Deal
“Front Page Woman”
The Impact of World War II
Postwar Prospects

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 10: High Expectations: 1950-1975

Suburban Housewives
Working MothersMixed Signals
Black Women in Postwar America
Civil Rights and Women’s Liberation
Legitimizing Feminism

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 11: In Search of Equality: Since 1975

Feminism at Stalemate
Women in the Workplace
Families in Transition
Immigration, Ethnicity, and Diversity
The Gender Gap
Women and the Law

Suggested Readings and Sources
Index

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Women and The American Experience, A Concise History

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials

Chapter 1: The Seventeenth Century: A Frontier Society

A Necessary GoodHousewifery and TradeServants and SlavesNative American WomenProphets and SaintsInvisible Furies

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 2: The Eighteenth Century: The Eve of Modernity

Wives and WidowsCharacter and CapacityLegal InstitutionsDiversity of CulturesThe Cradle of the RevolutionThe Pursuit of HappinessFathers and Daughters, Mothers and Sons

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 3: Promoting Woman’s Sphere, 1800-1860

The Home and the WorldPiety and PurityAcademy and Common SchoolReaders and AuthorsFactory and MillCity and FrontierWhite Women in the Antebellum South

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 4: Benevolence, Reform, and Slavery, 1800-1860

Origins of AssociationMoral ReformWomen in SlaveryAbolition and the Woman QuestionCommunitarian Alternatives and Legal RightsThe Women’s Rights Movement

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 5: Women at Work, 1860-1920

Civil War and Women’s WorkThe Black ExperienceThe Trans-Mississippi WestImmigrants, Cities, and Working GirlsWomen in IndustryThe Union ExperienceOffice, Store, and Classroom

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 6: The Rise of the New Woman, 1860-1920

Shrinking FamiliesThe College WomanThe Professional WomanClubwomen and CrusadersEducated HomemakersSocial Housekeepers

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 7: Feminism and Suffrage, 1860-1920

An Independent Suffrage MovementFinding a ConstituencyThe Argument Over SuffrageVoices on the LeftPeace, War, and the Woman’s PartyWomen and the Vote

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 8: Cross-Currents: The 1920s

Feminists in ConflictAspiration and CareerMigrants and ImmigrantsThe New Morality“Pals” and “Partners”Companions and ConsumersContraceptive Politics

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 9: Emergencies: The 1930s and 1940s

Depression FamiliesWorking WomenWomen’s New Deal“Front Page Woman”The Impact of World War IIPostwar Prospects

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 10: High Expectations: 1950-1975

Suburban HousewivesWorking MothersMixed SignalsBlack Women in Postwar AmericaCivil Rights and Women’s LiberationLegitimizing Feminism

Suggested Readings and Sources

Chapter 11: In Search of Equality: Since 1975

Feminism at StalemateWomen in the WorkplaceFamilies in TransitionImmigration, Ethnicity, and DiversityThe Gender GapWomen and the Law

Suggested Readings and SourcesIndex

A Necessary Good
Housewifery and Trade
Servants and Slaves
Native American Women
Prophets and Saints
Invisible Furies

Wives and Widows
Character and Capacity
Legal Institutions
Diversity of Cultures
The Cradle of the Revolution
The Pursuit of Happiness
Fathers and Daughters, Mothers and Sons

The Home and the World
Piety and Purity
Academy and Common School
Readers and Authors
Factory and Mill
City and Frontier
White Women in the Antebellum South

Origins of Association
Moral Reform
Women in Slavery
Abolition and the Woman Question
Communitarian Alternatives and Legal Rights
The Women’s Rights Movement

Civil War and Women’s Work
The Black Experience
The Trans-Mississippi West
Immigrants, Cities, and Working Girls
Women in Industry
The Union Experience
Office, Store, and Classroom

Shrinking Families
The College Woman
The Professional Woman
Clubwomen and Crusaders
Educated Homemakers
Social Housekeepers

An Independent Suffrage Movement
Finding a Constituency
The Argument Over Suffrage
Voices on the Left
Peace, War, and the Woman’s Party
Women and the Vote

Feminists in Conflict
Aspiration and Career
Migrants and Immigrants
The New Morality
“Pals” and “Partners”
Companions and Consumers
Contraceptive Politics

Depression Families
Working Women
Women’s New Deal
“Front Page Woman”
The Impact of World War II
Postwar Prospects

Suburban Housewives
Working MothersMixed Signals
Black Women in Postwar America
Civil Rights and Women’s Liberation
Legitimizing Feminism

Feminism at Stalemate
Women in the Workplace
Families in Transition
Immigration, Ethnicity, and Diversity
The Gender Gap
Women and the Law

Suggested Readings and Sources
Index