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A Heritage of Her Own : Toward a New Social History of American Women
A Heritage of Her Own Toward a New Social History of American Women Author:Nancy F. Cott, Elizabeth H. Pleck Going far beyond the stereotypical roles assigned to women in conventional histories, the authors of this volume (including Gerda Lerner, Eugene Genovese, Linda Gordon, Herbert Gutman and Carroll Smith-Rosenberg) have employed remarkably innovative research techniques to reveal the day-to-day lives, aspirations, accomplishments and social relati... more »onships of women from the seventeenth century to today.
Using a wide range of new source materials, such as divorce records and diaries, these articles examine important and vital themes that transcend history -- the intimate relationships between women and men, women and women, women and the workplace, women and the home. This book is must reading for anyone who would understand the American woman within the context of her entire history.« less