America's Women电子书

Dedication

Dedication

Dedication

Epigraph

Epigraph

Epigraph

Contents

Contents

Contents

Introduction

Introduction

Introduction

1: The First Colonists: Voluntary and Otherwise

1: The First Colonists: Voluntary and Otherwise

1: The First Colonists: Voluntary and Otherwise

2: The Women of New England: Goodwives, Heretics, Indian Captives, and Witches

2: The Women of New England: Goodwives, Heretics, Indian Captives, and Witches

2: The Women of New England: Goodwives, Heretics, Indian Captives, and Witches

3: Daily Life in the Colonies: Housekeeping, Children, and Sex

3: Daily Life in the Colonies: Housekeeping, Children, and Sex

3: Daily Life in the Colonies: Housekeeping, Children, and Sex

4: Toward the Revolutionary War

4: Toward the Revolutionary War

4: Toward the Revolutionary War

5: 1800–1860: True Women, Separate Spheres, and Many Emergencies

5: 1800–1860: True Women, Separate Spheres, and Many Emergencies

5: 1800–1860: True Women, Separate Spheres, and Many Emergencies

6: Life Before the Civil War: Cleanliness and Corsetry

6: Life Before the Civil War: Cleanliness and Corsetry

6: Life Before the Civil War: Cleanliness and Corsetry

7: African American Women: Life in Bondage

7: African American Women: Life in Bondage

7: African American Women: Life in Bondage

8: Women and Abolition: White and Black, North and South

8: Women and Abolition: White and Black, North and South

8: Women and Abolition: White and Black, North and South

9: The Civil War: Nurses, Wives, Spies, and Secret Soldiers

9: The Civil War: Nurses, Wives, Spies, and Secret Soldiers

9: The Civil War: Nurses, Wives, Spies, and Secret Soldiers

10: Women Go West: Pioneers, Homesteaders, and the Fair but Frail

10: Women Go West: Pioneers, Homesteaders, and the Fair but Frail

10: Women Go West: Pioneers, Homesteaders, and the Fair but Frail

11: The Gilded Age: Stunts, Shorthand, and Study Clubs

11: The Gilded Age: Stunts, Shorthand, and Study Clubs

11: The Gilded Age: Stunts, Shorthand, and Study Clubs

12: Immigrants: Discovering the “Woman’s Country”

12: Immigrants: Discovering the “Woman’s Country”

12: Immigrants: Discovering the “Woman’s Country”

13: Turn of the Century: The Arrival of the New Woman

13: Turn of the Century: The Arrival of the New Woman

13: Turn of the Century: The Arrival of the New Woman

14: Reforming the World: Suffrage, Temperance, and Other Causes

14: Reforming the World: Suffrage, Temperance, and Other Causes

14: Reforming the World: Suffrage, Temperance, and Other Causes

15: The Twenties: All the Liberty You Can Use in the Backseat of a Packard

15: The Twenties: All the Liberty You Can Use in the Backseat of a Packard

15: The Twenties: All the Liberty You Can Use in the Backseat of a Packard

16: The Depression: Ma Perkins and Eleanor Roosevelt

16: The Depression: Ma Perkins and Eleanor Roosevelt

16: The Depression: Ma Perkins and Eleanor Roosevelt

17: World War II: “She’s Making History, Working for Victory”

17: World War II: “She’s Making History, Working for Victory”

17: World War II: “She’s Making History, Working for Victory”

18: The Fifties: Life at the Far End of the Pendulum

18: The Fifties: Life at the Far End of the Pendulum

18: The Fifties: Life at the Far End of the Pendulum

19: The Sixties: The Pendulum Swings Back with a Vengeance

19: The Sixties: The Pendulum Swings Back with a Vengeance

19: The Sixties: The Pendulum Swings Back with a Vengeance

Epilogue

Epilogue

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

Notes

Notes

Notes

Bibliography

Bibliography

Bibliography

Searchable Terms

Searchable Terms

Searchable Terms

About the Author

About the Author

About the Author

Praisefor Gail Collins and America’s Women

Praisefor Gail Collins and America’s Women

Praisefor Gail Collins and America’s Women

Also by Gail Collins

Also by Gail Collins

Also by Gail Collins

Copyright

Copyright

Copyright

About the Publisher

About the Publisher

About the Publisher