Women in Modern America (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Lois Wendland
- First Published: 1974
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: The late nineteenth century to the 1970’s
- Setting: The United States
- Principal Characters: Jane Addams, Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, Betty Friedan, Alice Paul, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Social reform, Politics, Twentieth century, Gender roles, Feminism, Women, Suffrage or voting rights, Women’s movement, Women’s rights
- Locales: United States
Form and Content
Designed as a supplementary text for courses in twentieth century United States history and women’s history, Women in Modern America: A Brief History offers an analytic narrative of the actions of women from the end of the nineteenth century to the mid-1970’s. Lois W. Banner’s goal is to acquaint the reader with the women, both famous and obscure, who shaped the story of females in the United States and to “provide a corrective to the traditional histories from which women are absent.” She wrote her book at a time when the modern interest in...
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