1. Where the Girls Aren’t

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. Introduction: Narratives, Intersections, and Dialogues 1
5. 1. Where the Girls Aren’t 12
6. 2. “Your Women Are of No Small Consequence” 30
7. 3. From Daughters of Liberty to Women of the Republic 50
8. 4. Southern Women of Color and the American Revolution, 1775–1783 67
9. 5. From Dawn to Dusk 83
10. 6. To Bind Up the Nation’s Wounds 106
11. 7. Turner’s Ghost 126
12. 8. Gender and U.S. Imperialism in U.S. Women’s History 146
13. 9. Chinese American Women in U.S. History 161
14. 10 Migrations and Destinations 185
15. 11. African American Women and Migration 201
16. 12. Morena/o, Blanca/o, y Café con Leche 221
17. 13. The Woman Suffrage Movement, 1848–1920 238
18. 14. Engendering Social Welfare Policy 258
19. 15. Interrupting Norms and Constructing Deviances 280
20. 16. Strong People and Strong Leaders 308
21. 17. A New Century of Struggle 329
22. CONTRIBUTORS 347
23. Index 353