History of women in the United States. 8. Part 1, Professional and white-collar employments : historical articles on women's lives and activities / edited with an introduction by Nancy F. Cott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cott, Nancy F., editor.

Series:

History of Women in the United States ; Volume 8/1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--United States--Social conditions.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Reprint 2012

Place of Publication:

Munich : K. G Saur, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Part of a fully indexed 20-volume collection which gathers together significant research contributions on the social, religious and political history of women in the United States, from colonial times to the 1990s.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Series Preface

Introduction

Professional and White-Collar Employments

The Female School Teacher in Ante-Bellum Massachusetts / Bernard, Richard M. / Vinovskis, Maris A.

In from the Periphery: American Women in Science, 1830-1880 / Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory

American Female Historians in Context, 1770-1930 / Sklar, Kathryn Kish

"To Barter Their Souls for Gold": Female Clerks in Federal Government Offices, 1862-1890 / Aron, Cindy S.

The Duty or Right to Care? Nursing and Womanhood in Historical Perspective / Reverby, Susan M.

Professionalism, Feminism, and Gender Roles: A Comparative Study of Nineteenth-Century Medical Therapeutics / Morantz, Regina Markell / Zschoche, Sue

Feminism, Professionalism, and Germs: The Thought of Mary Putnam Jacobi and Elizabeth Blackwell / Morantz, Regina Markell

Doctors or Ladies? Women Physicians in Psychiatric Institutions, 1872-1900 / McGovern, Constance M.

From Hospital to College: Black Nurse Leaders and the Rise of Collegiate Nursing Schools / Hine, Darlene Clark

Barred from the Bar: Women and Legal Education in the United States 1870-1890 / Weisberg, D. Kelly

'Little World of Our Own': The Pennsylvania Hospital Training School for Nurses, 1895-1907 / Tomes, Nancy

Research Note: The Male-Female Earnings Differential. A Historical Overview of the Clerical Occupations from the 1880s to the 1970s / Niemi, Albert W.

The Labor Market and the American High School Girl 1890-1928 / Carter, Susan B. / Prus, Mark

Woman's Place is at the Typewriter: The Feminization of the Clerical Labor Force / Davies, Margery

Female Solidarity and Professional Success: The Dilemma of Women Doctors in Late Nineteenth-Century America / Drachman, Virginia G.

The Tender Technicians: The Feminization of Public Librarianship, 1876-1905 / Garrison, Dee

Women in the Professions: A Research Agenda for American Historians / Brumberg, Joan Jacobs / Tomes, Nancy

Self-Assertion and Social Commitment: The Significance of Work to the Progressive Era's New Woman / Kryder, Giannone LeeAnne

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-11-097909-8

OCLC:

979764754