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This definitive history of American women uncovers women's lives in their domestic intimacies and their public crusades from our nation's beginnings to the Eighties.
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According to the Iroquois, the creation of the earth began when a woman came from heaven and fluttered above the sea, unable to find a resting place for her feet. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Evans' "Born for Liberty" is an excellent history of women in the U.S. The women's rights movements are often times portrayed as struggles of white middle-class women for white middle-class women. Evans includes the struggles and contributions of working-class women, black women, and immigrant women to the women's rights movements. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about the struggle for equality and the role of women in shaping this country's history.
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This was the core text for my course on American women last year and i literally could not put it down! Gives the reader a fantastic insight into the role women played in the building of america and the crucial role that they played in society. Many fascinating examples of extraordinary women who helped to shape the history of this great nation.
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A thorough and informative history of women in the U.S.
7 Jun 1999
Format:Paperback
Evans' "Born for Liberty" is an excellent history of women in the U.S. The women's rights movements are often times portrayed as struggles of white middle-class women for white middle-class women. Evans includes the struggles and contributions of working-class women, black women, and immigrant women to the women's rights movements. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about the struggle for equality and the role of women in shaping this country's history.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Solid rediting of first edition
5 Nov 2003
Format:Paperback
This edition of the text is an improvement on the first edition in its movement away from the east-coast view of women's history and a move towards a more inclusive analysis. As to the lack of definition of such terms as "oppression", as alluded to in another critique of the text, one is tempted to answer "I know it when I see it...," postmodernism just being the latest form of academic "oppression." Clearly Sara Evans is an outstanding practioner of history and one whom understands the skill of an historian's work. How easy it is to criticize that which you know so very little about.
Great as textbook
26 Feb 2010
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I am lucky enough to be using this book as the main textbook for a Women's History class. It is a very informative book that is also very easy to read.
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