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Women and the American experience 5th edition work, 1860-1920

Women and the American experience 5th edition work, 1860-1920

Introduction

Nancy Woloch's book, Women and the American Experience, is a sound, readable synthesis of a large body of this material, designed primarily as a textbook but valuable for anyone related to the subject matter. One element that makes this volume distinctive and unusually approachable is Woloch's decision to work from the specific to the general in each of her subject areas. Her chapters are paired, the first describing in detail a person or event, and the second discussing the larger context ...