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How the other half played
In her book, GILDED CITY, M.H. Dunlop chronicled the execesses and outrages of upper class New Yorkers (especially the women of the uppermost uppers) at the turn of the 20th century. While hiding behind the facade that the lavish parties and balls they threw and the exorbitant clothes they had tailored for themselves were giving jobs to the lower classes, their effect was to shamelessly display their wealth and, ultimately, enrage a lower class that was finding the economy and job market less and less bearable. Peiss' style is scholarly yet without the distancing effect that that form of writing usually exhibits in less skilled hands. Her knowledge and passion for the subject are easily identifiable in this wonderful book. Women's Appropriation of Leisure
Peiss begins her argument by explaining the relationship of industrial capitalism to wage labor in creating class-conscious leisure arenas, literally recalling Roy Rosenzweig's study.Peiss's distinction lies in "this conception of leisure did not develop historically in the same way for both sexes." (Peiss, 4). Sexual division ultimately shaped and confined women's leisure to their homes.Thus, the typical wage-earning females in pursuit of leisure were young and single.Their youth and marriage status turned their attentions from the leisurely pursuits of Rosenzweig's working men but to dance halls, amusement parks, and movie theatres. The Inner Worlds of the Immigrants You wanted to know.
Cathy Peiss typed written work is a master piece. The inner worlds of the women immigrants are discussed in detail. The book focuses alot on the Jewish, Italian, Irish and Germanic Cycles of people who lived in New York.It explains how immigrant families spent their money on entertainment. Youwill see real live pictures of the past of commoner citizens. I recommendthis book to all [Men AND WOMEN] who wants to know more about the commonerwho lived in New York during that time. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. 20th century    3. Amusements    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History - U.S.    7. History: American    8. New York    9. New York (N.Y.)    10. New York (State)    11. Social life and customs    12. United States - State & Local - General    13. Women    14. Women's Studies - History    15. Social history    16. Women's studies   

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Facinating insight on a pivotal figure in American feminism
In a clear-eyed yet obviously compassionate examination of Betty Friedan, the "mother" of modern American feminism,Horowitz reveals that his subject was far more worldly and politically concious than she indicated in her 1963 ground breaker. Explores the "missing past" forBetty Friedan
In this very readable book, Daniel Horowitz examines Betty Friedan's political and intellectual origins and finds good reason to question the widely held understanding that The Feminine Mystique was written out of theperspective and consciousness of a typical surburban housewife.Read more

Subjects:  1. Feminism    2. Feminism & Feminist Theory    3. History & Theory - General    4. Social Science    5. Sociology    6. U.S. Political History    7. Women's Studies - General    8. Women's Studies - History    9. Biography: historical    10. Biography: political    11. English    12. Social history    13. USA   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. American - General    3. Art    4. Art & Art Instruction    5. Art pottery, American    6. Crafts & Hobbies    7. Decorative arts    8. History    9. Hobbies/Crafts    10. Louisiana    11. New Orleans    12. Newcomb pottery    13. Pottery & Ceramics    14. Women's Studies - History    15. Ceramics & glass technology   

Subjects:  1. 18th century    2. China    3. General    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: World    7. Sex role    8. Social conditions    9. Women    10. Women's Studies - History    11. Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900    12. Cultural studies    13. Feminism    14. c 1600 to c 1700    15. c 1700 to c 1800    16. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. Ancient - Greece    2. Ancient and Classical    3. General    4. Literary Criticism    5. Literature: Classics    6. Sociology    7. Women's Studies - History    8. Ancient Greece    9. Classical Greek & Roman archaeology    10. Classical Studies | Ancient History | Greek    11. European history: BCE to c 500 CE    12. Family & relationships    13. Hellenic languages    14. History / Ancient / Greece   

Subjects:  1. Feminism and music    2. Genres & Styles - Rock    3. History & Criticism - General    4. History and criticism    5. Music    6. Music/Songbooks    7. Rock music    8. Women rock musicians    9. Women's Studies - General    10. Women's Studies - History    11. Rock & pop    12. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. Modern - 16th Century    2. Social History    3. Social Science    4. Sociology    5. Women - Modern History    6. Women's Studies - General    7. Women's Studies - History    8. Cultural studies    9. Social theory    10. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. Beauty, Personal    2. Feminism & Feminist Theory    3. Grooming, Personal    4. History    5. Sociology    6. United States    7. Women    8. Women's Studies - History   

Subjects:  1. 1815-1902    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. General    4. Historical - U.S.    5. History Of Women (General)    6. Social Science    7. Sociology    8. Sociology Of Women    9. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady,    10. Women    11. Women's Studies - General    12. Women's Studies - History    13. Women's rights    14. Social Science / Women's Studies   

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Could not put it down
Really two books.One, a series of pieces about inside Washington stories, often with characters who are largely off stage but important in how things get done in the seat of empire. Rather than the usual insider's view, Ms. Williams has an extraordinarily keen eye for seeing what is there for all to see, perhaps along the lines of I.F. Stone's insistence on using only attributed sources.The second book is an account of her diagnosis and subsequent experiences with an ultimately fatal cancer, its impact on her life, outlook, work, as well and an account of her medical care.

Touching without being Treacly
I bought this book primarily because I enjoy memoir and it was represented in the media as a collection of personal essays by a woman who fought what was eventually a losing battle with cancer.
Wonderful and light
I didn't know what to expect from this book when I picked it up.The title "Writings on Politics, Family, and Fate" is the order of the book which works very well.I had not heard of Williams and was introduced to her beautiful profile writing in the politics section.Her profiles of Barbara and Jeb Bush, Vernon Jordan and the relationship between Clinton and Gore were outstanding.In the family section you learn more about Marjorie and her personal life and then in fate you learn more on her struggle with cancer.Its a wonderful, touching book on a remarkable everyday woman. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Editors, Journalists, Publishers    4. Essays    5. Government - National    6. Government - U.S. Government    7. Manners And Customs    8. Personal Memoirs    9. Politics / Current Events    10. Social History    11. Sociology    12. United States - State & Local - General    13. Women's Studies - History    14. Political science & theory    15. Social & cultural anthropology   

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No new info, but interesting spin...
A fun to read, modern spin on the (unfortunately) same old story of the six women fated to marry Henry Tudor.Deeper exploration into the psyches of these Queens might have made it a more substantial work, but it's enjoyable for Henrician fans, nonetheless.

"Spin-free" Tudor history
The assumptions and steroetypes that most historians (male and female) don't think to question are scrutinized here. At first I was doubtful of this book, but it won me over. There are a few minor factual errors (such as who walked with Anne Boleyn to the scaffold) that don't matter very much, but which remind you that Lindsey is first and foremost a feminist rather than a historian. There's enough good stuff here to make it more than worthwhile.

Very readable, with new ideas to think about
This history/biography reads like a historical novel--Ms. Lindsey's prose is that smooth. The book tells the stories of each of Henry VIII's six wives--their stories as people, not just parts of Tudor England. Don't let the subtitle dissuade you--Lindsey did much of her research with primary resources yet turns many popular opinions on their ears, taking on such questions as "Were Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard really immoral whores?" If you don't know a lot about this time period, you will learn it here; if you do, this book will give you some new twists to think about.Read more

Subjects:  1. 16th century    2. Biography    3. England    4. Feminism & Feminist Theory    5. General    6. Great Britain    7. Great Britain - History - Tudor And Stuart (1485-1714)    8. History    9. History - General History    10. History: World    11. Marriages of royalty and nobility    12. Queens    13. Renaissance, 1450-1600    14. Women    15. Women - Modern History    16. Women's Studies - History    17. Biography: historical    18. Biography: royalty    19. Henry    20. Marriage    21. Rank & titles   

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Three fascinating lives
Davis takes the reader deep into the lives of three quite different European women of the 1600s, showing how they courageously face family and career challenges.Each story is amazing.Catholic widow Marie Guyart goes to the wilderness of Canada to help found the Quebec branch of the Ursuline teaching order.Jewish mother of 14 children, Glikl von Hameln is a successful business woman, both as her husband's chief assistant and as a widow.Divorced Protestant Maria Merian supports herself and her daughters through her engravings based on her own ecological observations of caterpillars native to Europe and northern South America. I particularly enjoyed learning about Merian because I have been impressed by her elegant work which I have seen in a number of museums including the National Museum of Woman in the Arts in Washington, D.C. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Europe - General    2. History - General History    3. History: World    4. Reference    5. Social Science    6. Women's Studies - General    7. Women's Studies - History    8. Biography: general    9. History / Europe / Western    10. Women's studies    11. c 1500 to c 1600    12. c 1600 to c 1700   

Editorial Review

Was there ever a time in America that could be described as the golden age of women? Certainly each era has had its perils, but Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. History    3. History: American    4. Modern - 20th Century    5. Sociology    6. United States - 20th Century    7. United States - State & Local - General    8. Women's Studies - General    9. Women's Studies - History    10. History / United States / 20th Century   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. History    3. Human Sexuality    4. Miners    5. Mines and mineral resources    6. Nevada    7. Prostitution    8. Sociology    9. United States - State & Local - General    10. Virginia City    11. Women's Studies - History    12. Social Science / Women's Studies    13. Sociology, Social Studies   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Feminism    3. History    4. History - General History    5. Law    6. Slavery    7. Sources    8. United States    9. United States - 19th Century    10. Women's Studies - History    11. Women's rights    12. Civil rights & citizenship    13. History of specific subjects    14. Slavery & emancipation    15. USA    16. Women's studies    17. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Antislavery movements    3. History    4. History - General History    5. History: American    6. Political Process - General    7. Slavery    8. Sociology - General    9. United States    10. United States - 19th Century    11. United States - Antebellum Era    12. Women abolitionists    13. Women in politics    14. Women's Studies - History    15. American history: c 1800 to c 1900    16. History / United States / 19th Century    17. Slavery & emancipation    18. Social history    19. USA    20. Women's studies    21. emancipation; women's activism; grassroots; reform movement; slaves; women's rights; gender norms   

Editorial Review

Both a gathering and a celebration, Read more

Subjects:  1. History    2. Social aspects    3. Sports    4. Sports & Recreation    5. Sports for women    6. United States    7. Women athletes    8. Women's Studies - General    9. Women's Studies - History    10. History of specific subjects    11. Sports & Outdoor Recreation    12. Women's studies   

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not my cup of tea.
personally i felt the book sucked, was long, boring, etc.
Student Review
I had to read this book for class. FREAKING BORING. the happiest day of the summer was the day i finished this book.

The origins of women's political activism in America
Kerber effectively demonstrates the limits of women's roles at the outset of the American Revolution and shows how these roles changed. For instance, Enlightenment thinkers, such as Rousseau, thought that women should be confined to politically passive domestic duties (a view which prevailed at the beginning of the Revolution). Kerber focuses on several women--Mercy Otis Warren, Abigail Adams and Mary Wollstonecraft--who exeplified politically active women that defied these 'Enlightenment' views. Though these women were the exception, they influenced other women that it was acceptible to be politically informed and still excell in their domestic duties. According to Kerber, this led to a political transformation of women's roles termed "Republican Motherhood," a concept that encouraged women to be informed politically and use their domestic influence to raise virtuous republican sons, and to politically influence brothers, husbands and fathers. This transformation from politically inactive domestic roles to active, Kerber argues, laid the foundation for the women's rights and abolitionist's movements. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Feminism & Feminist Theory    2. History    3. History - U.S.    4. History: American    5. Revolution, 1775-1783    6. Social Science    7. United States    8. United States - Revolutionary War    9. Women    10. Women's Studies - General    11. Women's Studies - History    12. American Revolution; letters; diaries; legal records; status in law and society; Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture    13. American history: c 1800 to c 1900    14. History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)    15. Revolutions & coups    16. Social history    17. USA    18. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Exercise For Women    3. Great Britain    4. Health Services For Women    5. Health and hygiene    6. History    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Sociology    9. Women    10. Women physicians    11. Women's Studies - History    12. Exercise & workout books    13. Personal & public health    14. Women's health   

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Outstanding Resource
FORGETFUL OF THEIR SEX is a truly outstanding resource to those interested in female sanctity and the history of women in general, as well as the history of women and the Christian church.This book came to me highly recommended and did not disappoint.In a decade that has offered so much by the way of investigative scholarship of women's monastic and religious history, this book is a stand-out. This book is by and large very accessible and in general a great read. I especially appreciated the many specific examples and stories included in the text.Read more

Subjects:  1. Christianity    2. Christianity - History - General    3. Christianity - Theology - General    4. Early church, ca. 30-600    5. History    6. History: World    7. Middle Ages, 600-1500    8. Religion    9. Religion - Church History    10. Religious aspects    11. Sex    12. Women in Christianity    13. Women's Studies - History    14. Religion / Church History    15. Saints & hagiography    16. Social history    17. Women's studies    18. World history: c 1500 to c 1750    19. World history: c 500 to C 1500    20. c 1000 CE to c 1500    21. c 500 CE to c 1000 CE