{"product_id":"portraits-of-american-women-9780195120486","title":"Portraits of American Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil recently, the womanless American history was the norm. But in fact, without a history of women we neglect consideration of gender dynamics, sex roles, and family and sexual relations -- the very fundamentals of human interaction. In Portraits of American Women, editors G.J. Barker-Benfield and Catherine Clinton present twenty-five short essays on American women beginning with Pocahontas and ending with Betty Friedan.These essays aim to locate the histories of women and men together by period and to provide a sense of their continuities through the whole gallery of the American past. The editors selected women who made significant contributions in the public realm, be they in the areas of art, literature, political engagement, educational activities, or reform movements. Included here are portraits of such women luminaries as Georgia O''Keeffe, Margaret Mead, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, to name a few. Clearly women''s lives provide a vital perspective thr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn important contribution to women's history. * Journal of American History *","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766848618839,"sku":"9780195120486","price":19.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/portraits-of-american-women-9780195120486","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}