American women's history : a new narrative history / Melissa E. Blair, Vanessa M. Holden, Maeve Kane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blair, Melissa Estes, 1980- author.

Holden, Vanessa M., author.

Kane, Maeve, 1986- author.

Contributor:

John Wiley & Sons, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--United States--History.

Women.

Physical Description:

ix, 230 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley-Blackwell, [2024]

Summary:

"Gender is foundational to how people, communities, and nations understand themselves and others. In studying the past, our own ideas about gender roles and gender difference shape what questions we ask and what answers we see. This is true for all historical periods, but it is especially true for the distant past and groups who did not leave direct oral or written records about themselves. In ancient North America, what we know about the past is that Indigenous women were important political, social, and economic actors in their nations, and that their labor literally reshaped the landscapes of their nations. What we can know about this period comes from a variety of sources including oral histories, archaeology, and DNA research, but the way these sources have been understood has been shaped by changing understanding of gender and women's work"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I: Chapter One: Sky Woman, Dawnland, Turtle Island. Chapter Two: Settling and Unsettling, 1492-1600. Chapter Three: Growth and Disruption, 1600-1690. Chapter Four: Atlantic Connections, 1690-1750. Chapter Five: Rebellion and Revolution, 1750-1800 / by Maeve Kane

Part II: Chapter Six: Expansion and Division: The Women's Market Revolution, 1800-1820s. Chapter Seven: Reform, Revolt, and Women's Rights, 1830s-1860s. Chapter Eight: Disunion, 1850-1860. Chapter Nine: The Civil War: Women's Homefronts and Battlefields. Chapter Ten: Reconstruction and the Rise of Jane Crow / by Vanessa M. Holden

Part III: Chapter Eleven: New Women, 1890-1920. Chapter Twelve: Women between the Wars, 1920-1945. Chapter Thirteen: The Long Fifties, 1945-1965. Chapter Fourteen: Changes Everywhere, 1965-1980. Chapter Fifteen: Women in Contemporary America, 1980-2020 / by Melissa E. Blair.

Notes:

Includes index.

Other Format:

Online version: Blair, Melissa Estes, 1980- American women's history

ISBN:

9781119683827

1119683823

OCLC:

1395897627