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AMERICA'S WOMEN: Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines.
by Collins, Gail
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
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About This Item
New York:: William H. Morrow,, (2003). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) More than four centuries of women's history in the US. Collins "begins with the lost colony of Roanoke and the early southern 'tobacco brides'who came looking for a husband and sometimes - thanks to the stupendously high mortality rate - wound up marrying their way through three or four. Spanning wars, the pioneering days, the fight for suffrage, the Depression, the era of Rosie the Riveter, the civil rights movement, and the feminist rebellion of the 1970s, America's Women describes the way women's lives were altered by dress fashions, medical advances, rules of hygiene, social theories about sex and courtship, and the ever-changing attitudes toward education, work, and politics. While keeping her eye on the big picture, Collins still notes that corsets and uncomfortable shoes mattered a lot, too." Extensive notes, bibliography. xix, 597 pp.
Synopsis
From the women peering worriedly over the side of the Mayflower to feminists having a grand old time protesting beauty pageants and bridal fairs, America's Women tells the story of how women shaped the nation and our vision of what it means to be female in America. Spanning wars, the pioneering days, the fight for suffrage, the Depression, the era of Rosie the Riveter, the civil rights movement, and the feminist rebellion of the 1970s, this book describes the way women's lives were altered by dress fashions, medical advances, rules of hygiene, social theories about sex and courtship, and the ever-changing attitudes toward education, work, and politics. While keeping her eye on the big picture, Gail Collins still notes that corsets and uncomfortable shoes mattered a lot too.
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- Seller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 76027
- Title
- AMERICA'S WOMEN: Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines.
- Author
- Collins, Gail
- Format/Binding
- First edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
- Publisher
- William H. Morrow,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (2003)
- Keywords
- us history, arc, uncorrected proof,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women's Studies;
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