Women in American History Since 1880

Women in American History Since 1880
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288
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9781405190503
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Книги издательства Willey

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Women in American History Since 1880 presents a collection of over 60 primary source documents that illuminate the diverse experiences of women during different time periods in America. The readings– carefully chosen to represent a broad spectrum of voices from the Gilded Age to the present– are organized around four major themes within each chronological unit: work, citizenship, representations, and domestic lives. The documents provide readers with a strong sense of historical narrativeand context while revealing how significant historic events have shaped and have been shaped by women?s active participation in the world around them. The readings explore such issues as wage labor and unionization, suffrage and civil rights, artistic representations of women, and domestic lives andwomen?s health and sexuality. Collectively, the readings in Women in American History Since 1880 offer invaluable insights into the past that will contribute to our understanding...

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