Women in American Society: An Historical Contribution

Chapters in this book

1. i-iv i
2. Contents v
3. Series Preface vii
4. Introduction ix
5. Theory and Method in Women’s History
6. New Approaches to the Study of Women in American History 3
7. Women in American Society: An Historical Contribution 13
8. Capitalism, the Family, and Personal Life 72
9. Capitalism, the Family, and Personal Life. Part 2 129
10. The New Woman: Changing Views of Women in the 1920s 181
11. Placing Women in History: Definitions and Challenges 203
12. History and Historiography: The Treatment in American Histories of Significant Events Concerning the Status of Women 213
13. Sex and Race: The Analogy of Social Control 228
14. What Should Women’s Historians Do: Politics, Social Theory, & Women’s History 258
15. The Doubled Vision of Feminist Theory: A Postscript to the “Women and Power” Conference 266
16. Politics and Culture in Women’s History: A Symposium 278