Woman as Force in History

Woman as Force in History
Author: Mary Ritter Beard
Publisher: Octagon Press, Limited
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1976
Genre: History
ISBN:

In this classic, pioneering work on the status and position of women, Mary R. Beard challenges the widely held belief that women have been subject to men throughout the ages. She tests this idea of subjection against historical realities--legal, religious, economic, social, intellectual, military, political, and philosophical--and finds it to be meritless. Beard traces the error back to Sir William Blackstone's interpretation of women's legal status after marrying ("the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during marriage") and argues against this view. In answer to male historians who have failed to acknowledge the real influence of women in history, she provides a lengthy record of outstanding women and their contributions throughout history.

The Teaching with Primary Sources Cookbook

The Teaching with Primary Sources Cookbook
Author: Julie M. Porterfield
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2021-05-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0838937438

This collection brings together the work of archivists, librarians, museum professionals, and other educators who evoke the power of primary sources to teach information literacy skills to a variety of audiences.

Lives and Voices

Lives and Voices
Author: Lisa DiCaprio
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 664
Release: 2001
Genre: Education
ISBN:

"Anthologizes primary source materials about women's lives and presents an overview of the variety of women's experiences dating from ancient Mesopotamia to contemporary Bosnia ... [including] Plato, Christine de Pizan, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Virginia Woolf, as well as sources that have never before been published in English. The collection ... ranges widely in terms of topic, social class, and geography; both male- and female-authored texts are included to present a range of normative, descriptive, and reflective materials"--Back cover

Women and the National Experience

Women and the National Experience
Author: Ellen Skinner
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Women
ISBN: 9780205809349

Women and the National Experience, 3/e provides students with inexpensive collections of thought-provoking primary sources. Combining classic and unusual sources, this anthology explores the private voices and public lives of women throughout U.S. history, and also lets students experience what historians really do and how history is written.

Rosie the Riveter

Rosie the Riveter
Author: Sean Price
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2008-10-17
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781410931139

Discusses the important role that women had during World War II, both on the home front and overseas.

Women in Colonial Latin America, 1526 to 1806

Women in Colonial Latin America, 1526 to 1806
Author:
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2018-09-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 162466752X

"This outstanding collection makes available for the first time a remarkable range of primary sources that will enrich courses on women as well as Latin American history more broadly. Within these pages are captivating stories of enslaved African and indigenous women who protest abuse; of women who defend themselves from charges of witchcraft, cross-dressing, and infanticide; of women who travel throughout the empire or are left behind by the men in their lives; and of women’s strategies for making a living in a world of cross-cultural exchanges. Jaffary and Mangan's excellent Introduction and annotations provide context and guide readers to think critically about crucial issues related to the intersections of gender with conquest, religion, work, family, and the law." —Sarah Chambers, University of Minnesota

Women in Medieval History and Historiography

Women in Medieval History and Historiography
Author: Susan Mosher Stuard
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2016-11-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 151280729X

What was the status of women in the Middle Ages? How have women fared in the hands of historians? And, what is the current state of research about women in the Middle Ages? Susan Mosher Stuard addresses these questions in a collection of essays that delve in to the history and historiography of women in medieval England, France, Italy, and Germany. Contributors include Barbara Hanawalt, Diane Owen Hughes, Suzanne Wemple, Denise Kaiser, and Martha Howell. One of the most interesting observations made in Women in Medieval History and Historiography is the way in which the history of women in each country has followed a distinct course that is in rhythm with other concerns of national historical writing. Women in Medieval History and Historiography will interest historians, scholars of women's studies, and medievalists.