The American women's almanac : 500 years of making history
Felder, Deborah G2020
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Abstract: This essential book illustrates the important events and figures surrounding the suffrage movement; literature, art, and music; business leaders and breakthroughs; political history and office holders; advances in science and medicine; and other vital topics.
Main title:
The American women's almanac : 500 years of making history / Deborah G. Felder.
Author:
Felder, Deborah G, authorCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition]
Imprint:
Detroit [Michigan] : Visible Ink Press, [2020]Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2020.
Collation:
1 online resource (618 entries) : 532 images ; digital files.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-552).Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: xxxiii, 573 pages : illustrations
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Photo sources -- Timeline -- Introduction -- The arrival of women in America: The arrival of women in America; Women and the first European settlements; Colonial women in America; The arrival of women in New England; Courtship, marriage, and motherhood in the colonies -- The struggle for equality: the first women's rights movement: The abolitionist movement and equal rights for women; The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848; Seneca Falls to the Suffrage Movement; The final battle for suffrage; The Suffrage Parade of 1913; American Women win the right to vote; Biographies -- Women at work: Women at work; The mill girls; The first women's labor movement; Early twentieth-century women's labor movement; Garment workers and the Great Uprising; The Triangle Shirtwaist fire; The protocol of peace; Women at work in wartime; "We can do it!": World War II; The President's Commission on the Status of Women; Biographies -- The second women's rights movement: The second women's rights movement; Literature and liberation; National Organization for Women; The Miss America protests; The Equal Rights Amendment; The legalization of abortion; Postfeminism; Biographies -- Literature: Literature; Biographies -- Art and applied arts: Art and applied arts; Biographies -- Media and the performing arts: Music, dance and theater; Film; Television; Biographies -- Sports: Sports; Biographies -- Science, medicine, and technology: Science, medicine, and technology; Biographies -- Politics, government, and the law: Politics, government, and the law; Biographies -- Religion: Religion; Biographies -- Activists for social change: Activists for social change; The temperance movement; The settlement movement; The Woman's Peace Party; The birth control movement; Biographies -- Education: Education; Biographies -- Business leaders and entrepreneurs: Business leaders and entrepreneurs; Biographies -- The military: The military; Biographies -- Explorers: Explorers; Biographies -- Further reading -- About the author -- Also from Visible Ink Press.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781787857056 (electronic version)9781578596362 (paperback)157859636X (paperback)1578597226 (invalid)9781578597222 (invalid)
Dewey class:
305.40973
LC class:
HQ1410
Language:
English
BRN:
501537
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