Kriste Lindenmeyer
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"This collection of seventeen minibiographies sheds light on the often neglected "herstory" of U.S. history from the revolutionary era through the lat
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e twentieth century. In addition this volume suggests the complexity of studying the past when gender, race, class, region, age, and ethnicity are included in the analysis. This book is unique in that it focuses on the lives of ordinary women. The names of the vast majority of those whose stories are included here will likely be unfamiliar even to serious students of American women's history. The varied experiences of such women help to create a more complete picture of the past by revealing the influence general historical trends have had on the lives of "ordinary" individuals. But "ordinary" does not mean lesser; nor does it denote class, race, ethnicity, or age. The individual women's stories that are told in the following pages show that even people who are not featured in mainstream history texts led lives that deserve the attention of those interested in understanding the past. The authors of these chapters have found support for generalizations commonly held by American women's historians. Nonetheless, their research has also led to unexpected findings that ask students of women's history to examine assumptions about the past more closely..." --
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