Women in American History To 1880 presents a collection of over 70 primary source documents that illuminate the diverse experiences of women from America's colonial period through Reconstruction.
Features images, poems, newspaper articles, and letters not found in other collections
Offers a balanced approach to women's experiences by representing a diversity of voices and focusing on themes of work, citizenship, representations, and domestic lives
Includes an introductory chapter, document headnotes, questions for further discussion after each chapter, and a bibliography for further study, designed to encourage students to engage with the text
About the Author
Carol Faulkner is an Associate Professor of History at Syracuse University. She is the author of Women’s Radical Reconstruction: The Freedmen’s Aid Movement (2003) and is currently writing a biography of Lucretia Mott. Faulkner has also taught American women’s history at SUNY Geneseo, where she received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Features
Presents a comprehensive collection of readings suitable for the first half of a U.S. women's survey
Features poems, newspaper articles, and letters not found in other collections
Offers a balanced approach to women's experiences by representing a diversity of voices and focusing on themes of work, citizenship, representations, and domestic lives
Includes an introductory chapter, document headnotes, questions for further discussion after each chapter, and a bibliography for further study, designed to encourage students to engage with the text
