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Shaping a Nation - Women's Roles in US History

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Shaping a Nation - Women's Roles in US History

History is often taught as a sequence of wars, presidencies, and legislative acts. However, this narrative frequently places women at the edges, as supporting characters or exceptional outliers. This book offers a different vantage point by centering the female experience. It proceeds from the conviction that women were not merely present in American history but were the architects of families, economies, and communities that formed the nation's foundation.

Humanities
Author
Melody Sowden
Publisher
Coalinga College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC-SA
Language
EN
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Contents· 112 sections
  1. 01: Indigenous Women Before European Contact
  2. 1.01: Overview
  3. 1.02: Women's Political Power in the Eastern Woodlands
  4. 1.03: Resource Control and Authority in the Southwest and Pacific Coast
  5. 1.04: Women's Roles in Plains and Southeast Societies
  6. 1.05: Continental Patterns and the Approach of Colonization
  7. 1.06: Study Guide
  8. 1.07: Assessment and Discussion Questions
  9. 02: Colonial Women
  10. 2.01: Overview
  11. 2.02: Colonial Founding Mothers and Their Contributions
  12. 2.03: Communities in Focus - Puritan Women
  13. 2.04: Women and the Salem Witch Trials
  14. 2.05: Study Guide
  15. 2.06: Assessment and Discussion Questions
  16. 03: Revolutionary Women
  17. 3.01: Overview
  18. 3.02: Women's Contributions to the Revolutionary Era
  19. 3.03: African American Women in the Revolution
  20. 3.04: Indigenous Women's Roles During the Revolutionary Period
  21. 3.05: Study Guide
  22. 3.06: Assessment and Discussion Questions
  23. 04: Intersectional Experiences of Enslaved and Free Women
  24. 4.01: Overview
  25. 4.02: Regional Differences in Women's Lives Across the U.S.
  26. 4.03: Social Expectations and the Cult of True Womanhood
  27. 4.04: Enslaved Women - Labor Family and Resistance
  28. 4.05: Study Guide
  29. 4.06: Assessment and Discussion Questions
  30. 05: Class and Identity in Antebellum Society
  31. 5.01: Overview
  32. 5.02: Class-Based Divisions and Expectations for Women
  33. 5.03: Urban Working Women and Immigrant Communities
  34. 5.04: Communities in Focus - Latina Women in the Borderlands
  35. 5.05: Study Guide
  36. 5.06: Assessment and Discussion Questions
  37. 06: The Early Feminist Movement
  38. 6.01: Overview
  39. 6.02: Roots of Organized Feminism in Social Movements
  40. 6.03: The Seneca Falls Convention and the Declaration of Sentiments
  41. 6.04: Early Women Activists in Abolition
  42. 6.05: Study Guide
  43. 6.06: Assessment and Discussion Questions
  44. 07: Labor and Professional Growth
  45. 7.01: Overview
  46. 7.02: Factory Reform and Women's Advocacy
  47. 7.03: Communities in Focus - The Lowell Mill Girls
  48. 7.04: African American Women in Early Labor Movements
  49. 7.05: Study Guide
  50. 7.06: Assessment and Discussion Questions
  51. 08: Women's Roles During the Civil War
  52. 8.01: Overview
  53. 8.02: Women's Contributions to the Union and Confederate War Efforts
  54. 8.03: The Abolition-Suffrage Split
  55. 8.04: Communities in Focus - Native American Women and the Civil War
  56. 8.05: Study Guide
  57. 8.06: Assessment and Discussion Questions
  58. 09: Women and the Western Frontier
  59. 9.01: Overview
  60. 9.02: The Lives of Pioneer Women
  61. 9.03: Women Homesteaders
  62. 9.04: Latina Women's Roles in U.S. Frontier Communities
  63. 9.05: Study Guide
  64. 9.06: Assessment and Discussion Questions
  65. 10: Building New Lives in America
  66. 10.01: Overview
  67. 10.02: Women's Daily Lives in American Cities
  68. 10.03: Creating Systems of Support and Mutual Aid
  69. 10.04: Communities in Focus - Chinese American Women's Struggle for Belonging
  70. 10.05: Study Guide
  71. 10.06: Assessment and Discussion Questions
  72. 11: Progressive Era Activism
  73. 11.01: Overview
  74. 11.02: Progressive Labor Reforms
  75. 11.03: New Strategies - Institutional and Professional Reform
  76. 11.04: Study Guide
  77. 11.05: Assessment and Discussion Questions
  78. 12: The Final Push for Women's Suffrage
  79. 12.01: Overview
  80. 12.02: Strategies and Leadership in the Suffrage Movement
  81. 12.03: Challenges from Anti-Suffrage Movements and Opposition
  82. 12.04: Victory and Its Immediate Impact
  83. 12.05: Study Guide
  84. 12.06: Assessment and Discussion Questions
  85. 13: Women in the 1920s
  86. 13.01: Overview
  87. 13.02: Social and Cultural Changes in the Post-Suffrage Era
  88. 13.03: The Birth Control Movement and Margaret Sanger's Advocacy
  89. 13.04: Communities in Focus - Native Hawaiian Women's Resistance
  90. 13.05: Study Guide
  91. 13.06: Assessment and Discussion Questions
  92. 14: Women During the Great Depression and Wartime
  93. 14.01: Overview
  94. 14.02: Women and the Great Depression
  95. 14.03: Women in Wartime Industry
  96. 14.04: Communities in Focus - Japanese American Women and Incarceration
  97. 14.05: Study Guide
  98. 14.06: Assessment and Discussion Questions
  99. 15: Post-War Gender Roles and Challenges
  100. 15.01: Overview
  101. 15.02: The Rise of Domestic Ideals in Post-War Society
  102. 15.03: The Just a Housewife Narrative
  103. 15.04: Women's Postwar Activism
  104. 15.05: Study Guide
  105. 15.06: Assessment and Discussion Questions
  106. 16: From Second-Wave Feminism to Contemporary Challenges
  107. 16.01: Overview
  108. 16.02: The Many Voices of Second-Wave Feminism
  109. 16.03: Building Movements Creating Change
  110. 16.04: Twenty-First Century Feminism
  111. 16.05: Study Guide
  112. 16.06: Assessment and Discussion Questions