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Title:Inventing the American Woman, Volume 1, 4th Edition : An Inclusive History
Author:Glenda Riley
ISBN:0882952501 : 9780882952505
Illustrations:b/w photos
Format:Paperback
Size:140x215mm
Pages:260
Weight: .435 Kg.
Published:Harlan Davidson - January 2007
List Price: 16.99 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Womens studies: USA


Thoughtfully re-edited with the student reader in mind and featuring expanded coverage of women in the military, women's healthcare, divorce, and women of colour -- especially Spanish speaking, American Indian, African American, and Asian American -- this well-balanced interpretive account of women's experiences as they shaped and were shaped by American history resounds as a remarkable feat of insight and inclusion.

Women in Colonial America to 1763; Resistance, Revolution, and Early Nationhood, 1763 to 1812; "True" Women in Industrial and Westward Expansion, 1812 to 1837; "Moral" Women Reshaping American life and Values, 1837 to 1861; "Womanly Strength of the Nation": The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861 to 1877.