![]() ![]() Today women are more educated and more self confident about their decisions than ever before. ![]() Gail Collins really traces well how the attitudes about education, women in the work place, family, and even sex has evolved over 400 years. Told chronologically through the compelling true stories of individuals whose lives, linked together, provide a complete picture of the American woman's experience, Untitled is a landmark work and major contribution for us all. America's Women covers every subject related to women with such depth and accuracy. In the decades between, economic forces and cultural attitudes shunted them back into the home, confining them to the role of moral beacon and domestic goddess. Anthony, there are thousands of Rahel Gollups, women whose stories may have been overlooked by history, but who have collectively shaped American culture. Collins reminds us that for every Susan B. In some periods, women were expected to work in the fields and behind the barricades-to colonize the nation, pioneer the West, and run the defense industries of World War II. That’s the genius of Gail Collins’ new book America’s Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines.As she traces the role of females from their arrival on the Mayflower through the 19th century to the feminist movement of the 1970s and today, she demonstrates a boomerang pattern of participation and retreat. In this sweeping cultural history, Gail Collins explores the transformations, victories, and tragedies of women in America over the past 300 years. Rich in detail, filled with fascinating characters, and panoramic in its sweep, this magnificent, comprehensive work tells for the first time the complete story of the American woman from the Pilgrims to the 21st-century ![]()
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