What would happen, I wondered, if I simply missed out the fifty per cent of the population whose voices have been credited with shaping this particular ‘cultu

From the ancient world to the present women have been critical to the progress of science, yet their importance is overlooked, their stories lost, distorted, or

The first chronological presentation of U.S. nature writing by key women authors of the last two centuries.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on contributors -- Editor's foreword -- Part I Overview --

The first account of how and why pioneer women altered their self-images and their views of American Indians.