Reviews (8)

Great to read about yesteryear
I really enjoyed reading.Letters written by the author and not altered.Would have been fun to read the letters she received.

A wonderful glimpse of life on the praire.
What a delightful and uplifting book.I have always been under the impression that life was so dreary for these folks who were homesteaders.But instead, I have been able to see from one perspective how joyous the experience could be.What a wonderful life Elinore made for herself and everyone else.She obviously knew how to make something out of nothing.A young widow who worked as a laundress and then a housekeeper just so she could experience homesteading.Wonderful!Just the sort of spirit needed to be successful.The cast of characters that surrounded her stories are amazing.What a lovely picture of how people helped out each other. It's almost unheard of in todays "get out of my way" society. This is a book I shall keep and reread often.I am so glad that it came my way.

Extraordinary!
I hardly know where to begin. I have nothing but unstinting praise for these letters and the book, except for . . . well, I'll get to that in a moment. Elinore Stewart's writing is a model to be followed by anyone of any time or place on any subject. Clear as a bell, concise yet comprehensive, replete with localisms and skillfully rendered frontier humor, it makes one want to toss the PC and reference library into the trash and move to some unspoiled wilderness. Yet, a caveat. When you finish the book you feel you know this indomitable woman. Then it suddenly strikes you that you don't. Who was Elinore Pruitt Stewart? Where was she born, grow up? Who was the railroader who fathered her daughter, and most of all, what happened to her? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Correspondence    4. Historical - General    5. History    6. History - U.S.    7. Pioneers    8. Ranch life    9. United States - 19th Century    10. United States - 19th Century/Old West    11. Women pioneers    12. Women's Studies - History    13. Wyoming    14. American history: c 1800 to c 1900    15. Biography: historical    16. History / United States / 19th Century    17. USA   

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Well done gender analysis of the Salem trials
Reis' book is an excellent and original analysis concerning the role of gender in the Salem Witchcraft trials.A welcome addition to the extensive corpus of literature already available on the subject."Ciacat" should read the books she reviews before she strikes them down.

Untruthful ( )
all this book has done is denounce women and witches. the writer should review how her "subjects" really are before she strikes them down! VERY DISTATSEFUL

Amazing new context for the Salem trials and Puritanism
Reis manages to make us look at the Salem trials as a religious event that takes place in a religious society. Rather than concentrating upon the petty squabbles that may (or may not) have provided the immediate catalyst for accusations, she shows us how Puritan women were taught to view sin and how they increasingly thought of themselves as inherently sinful. Somehow, she manages to make us understand the terrible torment that the accused women suffered in their trials but also in their souls. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in the Salem episode or women and religion. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. History - U.S.    2. Social Science    3. Sociology    4. United States - State & Local - New England    5. Women's Studies - General    6. Women's Studies - History    7. American history: c 1500 to c 1800    8. Folklore    9. Northeastern & North Atlantic states    10. Satanism & demonology    11. Witchcraft    12. Women's studies   

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An Outstanding book both on travel and on women
I am delighted to be able to "live" 18th century travel through the eyes of the woman that Dolan brings to life.I am especially glad not to be travelling like they did - airport security gates are a much aggravation as I can take.
An excellent representation of the ambitions of 18th Century women
Brian Dolan has created a masterpiece of historical narrative, highlighting the trials and tribulations of being an 18th Century British woman with aspirations to anything OTHER than domesticity.The characters he, in many cases, rescues from obscurity are brought to brilliant life through their own words, and immediately upon finishing this book (which I read during a plane flight from Europe to California) I wanted to run out and read all I could find on Mary and Agnes Berry, Elizabeth Carter, Lady Webster, Cornelia Knight, Elizabeth Montagu, and especially the exploits of Helen Williams and Mary Wollstencraft during the French Revolution.I admire Mr. Dolan's blending of historic documents, correspondence and a spritely, slightly unobjective narrative to create a work of nonfiction that reads with the ease of a novel.I unreservedly recommend this to anyone who is a fan of the Georgian period or of the works for Katie Hickman or Venetia Murray.

Illuminating lives of women travellers
Life in the eighteenth century for women was a strange mixture of education, enlightenment and restriction. The fact that some could travel so freely seems an anomaly given their general position in society legally - yet travel many did - and write about - they did too. Dolan has used mostly diaries and letters of female travellers for this large and well-researched book.Read more

Subjects:  1. 18th century    2. British    3. Europe    4. Europe - General    5. History    6. History - General History    7. History: World    8. Modern - 18th Century    9. Voyages and travels    10. Women travelers    11. Women's Studies - General    12. Women's Studies - History    13. History / Europe / General   

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - Cultural    2. Archaeology / Anthropology    3. Chicago    4. Cinema/Film: Book    5. Film & Video - History & Criticism    6. Illinois    7. Motion pictures and women    8. Performing Arts    9. Social conditions    10. United States - State & Local - General    11. Women    12. Women in motion pictures    13. Women's Studies - General    14. Women's Studies - History    15. 20th century    16. Films, cinema    17. Media studies    18. Social history    19. USA    20. Women's studies    21. c 1800 to c 1900   

Reviews (7)

Very interesting and great photos
This book was recommended to me by Amazon since I buy a lot of quilting books and it's really terrific!The stories are fascinating and the photos really make the book.It is a BIG heavy book, though, but it's definitely worth it!

Excellent history and quilter's resource
My wife is an enthusiastic quilter and I bought her this book as a gift. It's full of historical detail, anecdotes, and quilting trivia. It's a very satisfying book, with great photos, quilt patterns, and lots of detail. I recommend it highly.

A Quilt Book to accompany a quilt
Our library has a quilt auction each year and includes a quilt book with each quilt.I chose this book because of its Colorado history to accompany my quilt.I loved the historical theme. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Crafts & Hobbies    3. Folk & Outsider Art    4. History - U.S.    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Quilt Making    7. Quiltmakers    8. Quilts    9. Quilts & Quilting    10. Themes, motives    11. United States - 19th Century    12. United States - General    13. United States History (General)    14. West (U.S.)    15. Women pioneers    16. Women's Studies - History    17. History / United States / 19th Century    18. Quiltmaking    19. Social history    20. Western & Pacific Coast states   

Subjects:  1. Legal History    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Reference    4. Women In The U.S.    5. Women's Studies - History    6. Law / Legal History    7. Population & demography    8. Social history    9. USA    10. Women's studies    11. women; legal studies; colonial history; property rights/ Connecticut; Massachusetts; New York; Pennsylvania; Maryland; Virginia; South Carolina   

Reviews (5)

Enlightening, raises important questions
This book presents information that could turn out to become important for theories of demographic change. It's good, but not...
If you are looking for do-it-yourself abortion information like I was, this is not a good book for that. It is a history book. It's good, but not an abortionary (abortion dictionary).

A work of history which also excels as an herbal
As a person who enjoys the study of social history (how people lived) and herbal medicine, this book exceeded my expectations on both counts.Read more

Subjects:  1. History    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Reproductive Medicine & Technology    5. Women's Studies - General    6. Women's Studies - History    7. Birth control, contraception, family planning    8. Complementary Medicine    9. History / World    10. Population & demography    11. Women's studies    12. World history   

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Reviews (19)

Venomous Bias
I was dismayed to discover Walker's acidic tone towards the Judeo-Christian religious tradition in this book. She seems to think that the fact that many Jewish and Christian symbols happen to have origins in Pagan cultures is somehow discrediting to Christianity and Judaism. In this and in some of her other writings, she makes it clear to the reader that it is her opinion that Judaism and Christianity are nothing more than a bastardized form of pseudo-Paganism in which the role of the woman has been subordinated. Merely because Judaism and Christianity borrow heavily from Pagan tradtions does not mean that they are not valid forms of spirtuality. It is all well and good to be proudly Pagan, but it is entirely unacceptable to denigrate other religions to be so. A true scholar must be strive to be as objective and unbiased as possible in their work, and Walker fails spectacularly in this respect. I do not reccommend this book to anyone, as Walker's blatant bias makes me highly suspicious of her scholarship, and my suspicions seem to be confirmed by other reviewers.

Just get the Myths and Secrets one instead
I LOVED her other book, Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, and so I snapped this one up, but was hugely disappointed by it. The content and the research in it are just not as good. And the artwork that accompanies stuff is not very good, nor is there very much of it.
Symbolisims
I like the book because it had wonderful symbols. They were very decreptive about them, including the flowers, trees, and animas. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dictionaries    2. Dictionaries - General    3. Feminism & Feminist Theory    4. Folklore    5. History    6. Reference    7. Sociology    8. Symbolism    9. Symbolism in folklore    10. Women    11. Women's Studies - History    12. Myths & mythology    13. Reference / Dictionaries    14. Reference works    15. Spirituality    16. Women's studies   

Editorial Review

Social and architectural historian Alice T. Friedman asks the question, "Why is it that an unexpectedly large number of the most significant and original houses built in Europe and America in the 20th century--houses that stand out not only as examples of modern design but also for their innovative approaches to domestic space--were commissioned by female clients?" She answers with a penetrating look at houses created by well-known client-architect pairs, such as Sarah Stein and Le Corbusier, Edith Farnsworth and Mies van der Rohe, and more than one independent woman who irritated Frank Lloyd Wright by staying in charge of a project.Friedman writes with brilliance and depth about these pairs' shared ideals, their frequent disputes, and the monuments of modernism that resulted from their complex relationships. Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Architects and patrons    3. Architecture    4. Architecture and women    5. Domestic    6. Dwellings    7. History    8. History - General    9. Residential Buildings Architecture    10. Sociology Of Architecture    11. Women's Studies - General    12. Women's Studies - History    13. Architecture / General    14. History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -    15. Houses, apartments, flats, etc    16. Women's studies   

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Pharahonic women....
I have read this book and I think it is one of the greatest piece of literature...it explain everything you need to know about women in those time...it's completedvery well illustrated and the price compensate the product..it's worth it...it's great!

Pharahonic women....
I have read this book and I think it is one of the greatest piece of literature...it explain everything you need to know about women in those time...it's completedvery well illustrated and the price compensate the product..it's worth it...it's great! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Ancient - Egypt    2. Ancient Egypt Archaeology    3. Antiquities    4. Archaeology    5. Archaeology / Anthropology    6. Art    7. Civilization    8. Egypt    9. History    10. History - General    11. To 332 B.C    12. To 500    13. Women    14. Women And Art    15. Women's Studies - History    16. Ancient Egypt    17. Art / General    18. BCE to c 500 CE    19. Egyptian archaeology    20. Women's studies   

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Excellent book!
This excellent book describes how women have always worked in what is today the USA.Well written with good examples it tells the story of how women moved from working primarily at home industries through early factory days (and how factories were made acceptable and then degraded into sweat shops and worse).It continues the story through the 19th and 20th centuries, discussing how often public perceptions and rhetoric conflicted with actual work practices. I am very glad it is out in a new edition and that a new generation will have easy access to it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Employment    2. Employment Of Women    3. History    4. History: American    5. Labor & Industrial Relations - General    6. Sociology    7. United States    8. United States - General    9. Women    10. Women's Studies - General    11. Women's Studies - History    12. Working class women    13. History / United States / General    14. History, American | Women    15. USA   

Reviews (13)

Good Despite the Feminist Harping
Plantation Mistriss paints a dim portrait of the lives of the allegedly pampered southern flowers of womanhood who were the (behind the scenes) engineers of southern aristocracy.Since many of them assumed the mantle of responsibility at ages as young as fourteen and commonly at around sixteen to eighteen this book is particularly fascinating.It is also chock full of detail on everything from the Plantation Mistriss's ability to supervise a hog killing to the knitting of socks.Her day was never done. Then the poor dears had to deal with the complicated sexual politics of the day. They were doomed to withhold themselves sexually in order to maintain the notions that sex was a chore for a lady thus robbing them of any standing to demand fidelity from their husbands. All these women could do was seeth while their husbands snuck off to the slave quarters. Being a sexual pedestal had its price.
Dull, boring.
This book is so dry I couldn't even finish it.The subject is fascinating but the material is presented in a way that is just plain boring.

An honest description of the role of plantation mistresses
I think the negative reviewers who discredit the book for being biased are, in fact, displaying their own prejudices. I have searched through the available literature on this subject, which is incredibly sparse, and this is the first book I have found that even attempted to portray these women's lives with any detail or realism.The author researched this topic as thoroughly as possible and obviously strives to present a balanced view.I cannot understand the complaint that the author jumps from one time period to another, as I found the book very easy to follow.I suspect that many readers are buying this book expecting a romantic fantasy of plantation life.If you really want to know what life was like for a plantation misress - read this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Feminism & Feminist Theory    2. Plantation owners' spouses    3. Slaveholders    4. Social life and customs    5. Sociology    6. Southern States    7. United States - Civil War    8. Women plantation owners    9. Women's Studies - History    10. History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)    11. Sociology & social issues   

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These sisters break the glass ceiling in WWII intrigue
For readers who enjoy history (particularly WWII), McIntosh's "Sisterhood of Spies" is a worthwhile experience.The book looks at women in all areas of OSS during WWII in all parts of the globe.McIntosh's writing style is a bit bothersome at times (too much "gung-ho" spirit for me; that's why I only give it three stars) but she knows her stuff and the profiles of these women and their work during the war more than make up for it.I liked the stories of daring (particularly "the lady with the limp" or the episode to steal the naval codes or the woman captured by the Germans).I learned a great deal about hte different aspects of OSS - the R&A, black propaganda (forging postcards to demoralize the families of Japanese soldiers fighting in Burma).McIntosh does a good job of creating a sense of the lifestyle - the pressures, the challenges.She also gives a good bit of detailed "back story" on the women - showing their life before the war, how they got involved with OSS, how their experiences with OSS transformed their lives, and finally, a glimpse of their lives post-war.These women definitely challenged perceived notions of how women could contribute to the war effort.Most all of them encountered "narrow thinking," particularly from the military branches they were working with, and managed to overcome that.I found the stories both fascinating and inspiring.

Less Would Be More
McIntosh starts strong in "Sisterhood of Spies," providing the background of the organization and then composing small vignettes of representative women and thier exploits.As the books goes one, however, she seems to want to include thumbnails (names/backgrounds) of more and more women, and the exciting details of the few become rarer.These women were truly extraordinary, in ways that few people today can imagine, and they certainly deserve recognition.Perhaps McIntosh could have written more about her own interesting history with the OSS and left the other women to an author that felt less emotionally beholden to include everyone.

Excellent OSS information
I don't normally go for "women's history" books, but I've been reading everything I can on the OSS and this seemed like an interesting side of it. With that attitude, I totally underestimated the stories contained within. As expected, there are chapters on individual women who accomplished extraordinary things during the days of the OSS. The greater value, though, is that by telling even a sentence or two about the many, many women who worked as clerks, analysts, drivers, etc., you get a much better view of the structure of the organization. Many intelligence books concentrate on the medal-winning heroic acts. Here you get those stories plus a clear picture of who was recruited and how; how the offices worked; how information was gathered, analyzed, and consumed; and basically what it was like to work in the organization at the levels below superhero. I have a much better understanding of the day-to-day operations from reading this book. (P.S. I am a woman so don't flip out over my opening statement.) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. History    2. History - Military / War    3. Military    4. Military - Intelligence/Espionage    5. Military - World War II    6. United States - 20th Century/WWII    7. Women's Studies - General    8. Women's Studies - History    9. History / Military / World War II    10. Maritime history   

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Harem, the house of happiness
The book was published in 1989. After traveling to Cyprus to witness the conflict between Turkey and Greece, visiting Blue Mosque, Haghia Sophia, Topkapi museum... the book is a great addition to my learning about the Islamic culture.Sultan (emperor), Grand Seraglio harem, Golden Cage, Ottoman Dynasty 1540-1990, polygamy with 4 kadins (wives), Koran reading and praying at the mosque, dalisques (female slaves for servants), slave markets in Alexandria and Cairo, black eunuchs, kismet (fate), one thousand and one nights, Turkish hamams (bath), plus an exquisite collection of the art work, make this a great book to read. The book would be better if it includes stories about a specific sultan and his kadins, dalisques and eunuchs.
Great book!
This is a wonderful book filled with lots of interesting info and beautiful photos and illustrations.It's the kind of book you don't want to put down.If you're interested in learning about harems and Turkish history and culture, read this book.

wonderful
I returned from Turkey last year with more questions about the Imperial harem than I could find answers too. The tour of the harem was short and rather superficial. This book is a wonderful work, the hours it must have taken to write, and research all the pictures from private collections. In an age of fast produced books, this is a marvel!Read more

Subjects:  1. Harem    2. Harems    3. History    4. History - General History    5. History: World    6. Islamic countries    7. Middle East - Turkey    8. Social Science    9. Turkey    10. Women    11. Women's Studies - General    12. Women's Studies - History    13. Cultural studies    14. Middle East    15. Orientalism   

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Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's Splendid Books Rock
I am a passionate fan of A Midwife's Tale, and so expected to enjoy Good Wives. It is different, but nevertheless, an incredibly valuable resource. I read with amusement the one-star review from the student who'd been compelled to read this for a college course and thought..."Gosh, he COULDN'T have read this book! He must be confusing the title!" It is crammed with interesting, offbeat, entertaining, and poignant glimpses into colonial American life. Perhaps I enjoy Ulrich's books so much because I live in a northeastern hamlet next to a 350-year-old village and run into history on my way to the grocery store (or local farm) to pick up eggs. If I haven't convinced you to give this a try, let me just throw in that this is quite a sexy little book, for the Puritans and colonials, contrary to folklore, were very susceptible to Eros. It's also a book one can pick up, read a bit, then take up later with no difficulty. If you enjoy history, particularly the Princeton "common man" school and not just kings and queens...you'll have a wonderful time with Good Wives.

"Pots and pans" history
"Pots and pans" history. So that's what this stuff is called. If that is supposed to diminish it, allow me to suggest that nothing could be further from the truth. Not Impressed
I am a senior in college majoring in history and I just finished writing a paper about this book for a college class, and after reading the other reviews for it here I feel I should write my own really quick to present a different opinion.It was a good book, and did give a good view into the lives of colonial women, but I'm wondering what anyone learned from it.There was nothing surprising at all, completely mundane.I do not feel there's a need to argue the importance of women in history, no one's writing any books about how great chairs are for sitting, it's understood.Of course no society could develop and function without women and all of the very important things they do, to me thats a given.Anyway, I wont go on any more but in my opinion the book just isn't groundbreaking or interresting on any level what so ever. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Feminism & Feminist Theory    2. General    3. History    4. History - General History    5. New England    6. Social conditions    7. Sociology    8. Women    9. Women's Studies - History    10. Social Science / Women's Studies   

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Ar'n't I A Woman?
In the book Ar'n't I a Woman?, by Deborah Gray White, the reader is challenged by the author to set previous notions regarding American slave women aside to understand the truth, which has long been elusive to the majority of Americans.Over the course of the work, White shocks and appalls the reader in an attempt to inform her readers about the horrors and injustices that slave women were forced to deal with on a regular basis.In doing so, the author makes her point abundantly clear and leaves little question as to the authenticity of her research and work.
My Review
I have not yet read this book.It looks exciting and I hope I enjoy it.I am reading this book for a report in JROTC.

GREAT READING FOR BLACK WOMEN
In reading this book for an assignment for a history class, I took to heart what the women went thru during the slavery days.You got the feeling of being there with them and feeling their pain.Ms. White has done an excellent job in bring out what really went on with women during slavery. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General    2. Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor    3. History    4. History - General History    5. History: American    6. Plantation life    7. Slavery    8. Slaves    9. Social conditions    10. Southern States    11. United States - General    12. Women In The U.S.    13. Women slaves    14. Women's Studies - History    15. American history: c 1800 to c 1900    16. Black studies    17. Slavery & emancipation    18. USA    19. Women's studies   

Editorial Review

Although readers may quibble over how "legendary" a few of these subjects are or the greatness of some of their literary portrayers, this glossy tome deserves readers' attention. Brief, punchy text is paired with arresting black-and-white photos of a melange of remarkable women, such as Frida Kahlo, Aung San Suu Kyi, Rachel Carson, Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir, Marilyn Monroe, and Josephine Baker. The result is an unholy, but thoroughly enjoyable, jostling throng where sex symbols rub elbows with world leaders and artists spill drinks on reformers.Read more

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www.valderbeebeshow.com
After reading Legends 2 : Women Who Changed the World through the Eyes of Great Women Writers by John Miller, Kirsten Miller (September 2004) my curiosity to know more about `the women who are considered legendary' in our times, lead me to the original Legends by John Miller.
Worth a look for the pictures alone.
Rather ironic, really, that the editor of this fine book is a man ~ unless "John Miller" is the nom de guerre of some radical female.Still, editing the book can't have been very hard; Miller had some excellent writers to work with.The selection of the legends is somewhat more questionable.Of the fifty, less then twenty are neither from nor intimately associated with the United States; in the effort to remind people of the ability of the other gender to produce legends, the publishers have largely neglected the largest portion of that gender.And as if that restriction is not enough, the editor has not included anyone for whom a photograph is not available, thus denying any woman from the first 95% of history the opportunity to be a legend.Funnily enough, these censures aside, i really enjoyed this book.Quite unlike the usual "feminist book" (i hate the quotes, but you have to admit they belong there), this is neither strident not shrill, nor even obnoxious.It is beautifully written, nicely put together, with superb selection of wonderful photographs of handsome people.Can't ask for much more than that, eh?

Reveals these women's many contributions to modern society
Legends aptly pairs essays with black and white photos to examine the lives of women who have changed the world - as presented by great women writers such as Meg Cohen, Anne Hollander, Patricia McLaughlan and others. Enjoy an inviting collection of contemporary biographical sketches which reveals these women's many contributions to modern society. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions    7. Subjects & Themes - Portraits    8. Women    9. Women's Studies - History    10. Biography: political    11. Other prose: from c 1900 -    12. Photographs: collections    13. Women's studies    14. Photography   

Subjects:  1. History    2. History - General History    3. History - U.S.    4. History: American    5. United States - 20th Century    6. United States - State & Local - West    7. Women's Studies - General    8. Women's Studies - History    9. American history    10. American studies    11. USA   

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Reviews (31)

A wonderful quick read!
Ms. Collins takes you on a journey through 400 years of U.S. history as seen and experienced by women.It is a great review of our history as well as a perspective many neglect to include.This book is easily recommended to not only students of U.S. history, but to anyone who could use a refresher on some of the intricacies of our past.It was both captivating and intriguing.

Couldn't Put It Down
I purchased this book in an act of desperation at an airport bookstore.It turned out to be a great read and one I would recommend to any of my friends or family members.While it can be frustrating to read about how women were treated, there are so many inspirational women in the book.It makes me so thankful for the life I have today.Plus, it read like a good novel - I didn't want it to end.

Easy quick read full of interesting facts pertaining to women's history.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book.I found the chapters interesting, and the bibliography full of additional sources, if you wanted to follow up on a particular subject or person that the author covered.If you are at all interested in a women's role in American history, this is a good book to start with. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. History    2. History: American    3. Sociology    4. United States - General    5. Women    6. Women's Studies - General    7. Women's Studies - History    8. History / United States / General   

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Excellent and Fascinating
Thank goodness for today's painkillers!!!This book was well written, thoroughly researched, with plenty of data, graphs, pictures, and personal accounts going back to the 1700s.A fascinating book, both just to read and for research.It was very helpful with my thesis, and for an interesting read, if you are interested in history, this is a great choice.Kudos to the author for a well-done book!

A Shining Light in the History of Childbirth
Judith Walzer Leavitt has proven herself to be a tour-de-force in the world of study of women's health throughout US history.This is one of the many books she has edited and contributed to, but I find it to be one of her best.Each article is a jewel offering a glimpse into a world not often revealed - women experiencing the changing attitudes of a society that often did not offer them the choices they deserved.From social childbirth in the colonial era to the twilight sleep of the 20th century, Leavitt has managed to collect articles that tell a story in the best historical tradition. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 18th century    2. 19th century    3. 20th century    4. Anthropology - Cultural    5. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    6. General    7. History    8. History: American    9. Obstetrics    10. Pregnancy & Childbirth    11. Social Science    12. Sociology    13. United States    14. Women's Studies - History    15. History / United States / General    16. History, American | Women