Table of Contents

One: Narrative Overview; Historical Essay One: Post-Revolutionary America Two: The Economy, Households, and Labor Three: Education Four: The Church and the Law Five: Natives and Immigrants Six: The Civil War and Reconstruction Seven: Culture and Commerce Eight: Sexuality, Reproduction, and Gender Roles Nine: Suffrage and Reform Politics Ten: Epilogue: The Turn of the Century Notes Two: American Women in the Nineteenth Century A to Z Three: Concise Chronology Four: Resources Introduction Section I. Topics Section II. Bibliographies and Reference Works Section III. General Historical Works and Overviews Section IV. Biographies, Autobiographies, Primary Sources Section V. Journals, Archives, Projects Section VI. Electronic Resources Section VII. Novels and Films

Promotional Information

A convenient handbook of dates, names, terms, and resources as well as a highly readable overview of the pivotal role of women in a century of profound political and social change. The authors emphasize areas in which scholars have identified important changes (such as suffrage and reform), topics in which researchers are now making great strides (such as racial, ethnic, religious, and regional diversity), and innovative and relatively recent explorations (for example, work on female sexuality).

About the Author

Catherine Clinton is an American historian and the author of many books, including Divided Houses: Gender and the Civil War and Half-Sisters of History: Southern Women and the American Past. She is a contributor to The New Yorker.Christine Lunardini is a freelance writer who holds a Ph.D. in American History from Princeton. Her books include What Every American Should Know About Women's History: 200 Events That Shaped Our Destiny.

Reviews

[The authors] begin with a historiographical overview of the literature followed by highly readable chapters on topics from economy, households, and labor to suffrage and reform politics... provides an excellent introduction to the subject. Choice The volume moves sensibly from addressing the needs of beginners to those of specialists, all of whom should find this guide helpful and satisfying. Times Literary Supplement