A History of Women in America

A History of Women in Americaintegrates the stories of women in America into the national narrative of American history. By weaving women's lives into the heart of the country's narratives, readers will see women where they were, rather than having them appear as appendages to events controlled largely by men. Coryell and Faires use accessible language, telling stories that will attract beginning scholars to the field of history. Major ethnic groups are incorporated, from Native American and African women who appear earliest in the text, to the major immigrant groups, such as Hispanic, Latina, Chicana, and Asian women, who occupy increasingly larger roles throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

1 Native Women and European Encounters

2 Women Colonists in Seventeenth-Century English America

3 From Colonies to Nation: The Eighteenth Century

4 Women in the New Nation

5 Rights Contested

6 Reconstruction, Resistance, and Reform

7 New Century, New Woman

8 Good Times, Hard Times, Wartime

9 Cold War, Warm Hearth

10 Feminism and Ferment

11 Backlash and The Third Wave

Epilogue: The Contemporary Era

Credits

Index