Born for Liberty - Softcover

Evans, Sara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0684834987 ISBN 13: 9780684834986

Publisher: Free Press, 1997

Synopsis

The most concise and comprehensive one-volume history of American women—from the indigenous women of the 16th-century wilderness to the dual-role career women and mothers of contemporary times—this book brings American womanhood to center stage, exploring the lives of pioneers and slaves, immigrants and factory workers, executives and homemakers.

About this title

About the Author:

Sara M. Evans is McKnight Distinguished University Professor of History at the University of Minnesota.

From School Library Journal:

YA-- A fascinating, readable volume that discusses the continual reshaping of the role of women in America from the 17th century to the 1980s. Evans' chapters roughly coincide with standard textbook organization of history (early settlers, Revolutionary era, 1845-1865, etc.), which makes the book useful to students of American history searching for another viewpoint. Unlike earlier histories, which only discuss women in the home, Evans shows the impact husbands, brothers, and sons had on the women's lives and thinking, and the effect of women's actions on men's politics. Although women's place in society remains unchanged in many basic ways, the intervening 300 years have seen great changes in the acceptance of women in public and political spheres. Evans makes these changes understandable to lay readers who may not yet have a sense of the totality of American history. No library should be without this title that offers such unique insight into women's roles and history from early settlers and native Americans to modern CEOs. --Dorcas Hand, Episcopal High School, Bellaire, TX
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About this edition

• Publisher: Free Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0684834987
• ISBN 13: 9780684834986
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448