How did diverse women in America understand, explain, and act upon their varied constraints, positions, responsibilities, and worldviews in changing American so

In the last several decades, U.S. women's history has come of age. Not only have historians challenged the national narrative on the basis of their rich explora

A history of American women from the Indian woman of the 16th century to the dual-role career woman and mother of the 1980s.

Explores the lives of colonial women, particularly during the Revolutionary War years, arguing that eighteenth-century Americans had very clear notions of appro

“Traces the history of abolition from the 1600s to the 1860s . . . a valuable addition to our understanding of the role of race and racism in America.”—Fl