Through women's eyes : an American history with documents

Through Women's Eyes: An American History with Documents was the first text to present a narrative of U.S. women's history within the context of the central developments of the United States and to combine this core narrative with written and visual primary sources in each chapter. The authors' commitment to highlighting the best and most current scholarship, along with their focus on women from a broad range of ethnicities, classes, religions, and regions, has helped students really understand U.S. history. Ch. 1. America in the world, to 1650 -- Ch. 2. Colonial worlds, 1607-1750 -- Ch. 3. Mothers and daughters of the Revolution, 1750-1800 -- Ch. 4. Pedestal, loom, and auction block, 1800-1860 -- Ch. 5. Shifting boundaries : expansion, reform, and Civil War, 1840-1865 -- Ch. 6. Reconstructing women's lives North and South, 1865-1900 -- Ch. 7. Women in an expanding nation : consolidation of the West, mass immigration, and the crisis of the 1890s -- Ch. 8. Power and politics : women in the Progressive Era, 1900-1920 -- Ch. 9. Change and continuity : women in prosperity, Depression, and war, 1920-1945 -- Ch. 10. Beyond the feminine mystique : women's lives, 1945-1965 -- Ch. 11. Modern feminism and American society, 1965-1980 -- Ch. 12. U.S. women in a global age, 1980-present Through Womens Eyes: An American History is the first textbook in U.S. womens history to present an inclusive narrative within the context of the central developments of U.S. history and to integrate written and visual primary sources into each chapter. The result, according to authors Ellen Carol DuBois and Lynn Dumenil, was to "reveal the relationship between secondary and original sources, to show history as a dynamic process of investigation and interpretation rather than a set body of facts and figures." This ground-breaking textbook focuses on women from a broad range of ethnicities, classes, religions, and regions and that helps students understand how women and womens history are an integral part of U.S. history. -- Publisher description Presents a narrative of U.S. women's history within the context of the central developments of the United States, integrating written and visual primary sources into each chapter. This volume presents a survey of U.S. women's history with an inclusive and diverse narrative delivered with primary documents, visual sources, and essays. It focuses on women from a broad range of ethnicities, classes, religions, and regions and helps readers to understand how women and women's history are an integral part of U.S. history.