Women and Power in American History: To 1880

Download or read book Women and Power in American History: To 1880 written by Kathryn Kish Sklar and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Edition of Women and Power in American History includes fourteen new articles (six in volume one; eight in volume two) that reflect changing perspectives on women and gender in American history, providing expanded coverage of race, ethnicity, and public policy. A new Worldwide Web section in each volume lists annotated electronic resources relevant to the themes presented in "Women and Power." New articles in volume one: "The Anglo-Algonquian Gender Frontier," Kathleen M. Brown " 'To Use Her as His Wife': An Extraordinary Paternity Suit in the 1740s," Kathryn Kish Sklar " 'Daughters of Liberty': Religious Women in Revolutionary New England," Laurel Thatcher Ulrich "Women and Work in Nineteenth-Century New England," Thomas Dublin "Women's Rights Emerges Within the Anti-Slavery Movement: Angelina and Sara Grimke in 1837," Kathryn Kish Sklar "Reproductive Control and Conflict in the Nineteenth Century," Janet Farrell Brodie