This volume fills a gap in traditional women's history books by offering fascinating details of
the lives of early American women and showing how these women adapted to the …

This book offers a look at how the lives of women changed in the era when the United States
emerged. Spanning the broad spectrum of Colonial-era life, Women's Roles in Eighteenth …

In Colonial America, the lives of white immigrant, black slave, and American Indian women
intersected. Economic, religious, social, and political forces all combined to induce and …

In 1607, Powhatan teenager Pocahontas first encountered English settlers when John Smith
was brought to her village as a captive. In 1920, the ratification of the 19th Amendment gave …

Enriched by the wealth of new research into women's history, No Small Courage offers a
lively chronicle of American experience, charting women's lives and experiences with …

This engaging narrative synthesizes more than 20 years of historical writing on the history of
women in the American West. Twenty years after many Western historians first turned their …

A lively, comprehensive account of the struggle for women's rights at a vital time in our
national history. The American women who worked for our country's indepence in 1776 …

Indian, European, and African women of seventeenth and eighteenth-century America were
defenders of their native land, pioneers on the frontier, willing immigrants, and courageous …

This collection of twenty-four original essays by leading scholars in American women's
history highlights the most recent important scholarship on the key debates and future …

Featuring a mix of primary source documents, articles, and illustrations, Women's America:
Refocusing the Past has long been an invaluable resource. Now in its eighth edition, the …