Women in U.S. history : a resource guide / Lyda Mary Hardy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hardy, Lyda Mary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--United States--History--Bibliography.

Women.

Women--United States--Historiography.

Historiography.

History.

United States.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 344 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Women in US history

Place of Publication:

Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 2000.

Summary:

Discover the best books, Web sites, audiovisual items, and other materials to research notable women of the United States. Learn about women from Colonial times to the present day who have made strides in many fields of endeavor including the arts, literature, politics, religion, science, and sports. Materials listed feature women from all regions of the country and from many American cultural groups. The guide concentrates on materials published or produced during the 1990s, and its final section outlines the field of women's history in terms of its historiography, theory and methodology, and its place in education.

Contents:

1 Women in United States History: An Overview 1

General and Reference Materials 2

New World to New Nation, Prehistory to 1820 20

General 20

The Colonial Period 21

Salem Witchcraft 26

American Revolution 28

Period of the New Republic 31

Victorians to Voters, 1820 to 1920 35

General 35

Industrial Revolution and the Labor Movement 44

Victorian Domesticity 48

Westward Migration 50

Abolition and Civil War 63

Suffrage and Feminism 78

Reform 94

World War I 102

New Milieu to New Millennium, 1920 to 2000 104

General 104

The 1920s 113

The 1930s 114

World War II 116

The 1950s 120

Civil Rights 123

Women's Movement 128

Vietnam War and the Counterculture 132

2 The Female Experience 135

General and Regional Materials 136

African Americans 140

Asian Americans 149

European Americans 154

Jewish Americans 155

Latinas 159

Native Americans 163

3 The Province of Women 173

The Arts 174

Literature 186

Politics 197

Religion 204

Science and Technology 210

Sexuality, Reproduction, and Identity 222

Sports and Recreation 233

Work 239

4 Historiography of Women in the United States 251

Women in the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods 253

Early Biographical Collections 254

Suffrage Historians 256

Emerging Authorities 259

Beginnings of Professionalism 260

Changes in the Twentieth Century 263

Women in History 265

Feminism Reborn 266

A Discipline Emerges 268

Women's History Boom 270

5 Women's History Theory and Methodology 279

Overview of Historical Theory 280

Theories of Women's History 283

Issues in Women's History 285

Defining Women 286

Documenting Women's Experience Through Sources 288

Historical Periods 289

Integration of Women's History 290

Pedagogy of Women's History 291

Institutional Integration 292

Curricula Models 294

Teaching Methods 295

6 Transcended Education 301

Transcended Research 303

The Three Curricula 307

Classroom As Curriculum 307

Standard Curriculum 310

The Evaded Curriculum 311

Single-Sex Classrooms 313.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1563087693

OCLC:

44550526