Portraits of American Women by G J Barker-Benfield

Portraits of American Women by G J Barker-Benfield

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Twenty five short essays on American women, beginning with Pocahontas and ending with Betty Friedan, which focus on women who have made a significant contribution in the areas of art, literature, political engagement, educational activities or reform movements.

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Portraits of American Women by G J Barker-Benfield

Twenty five short essays on American women, beginning with Pocahontas and ending with Betty Friedan, which focus on women who have made a significant contribution in the areas of art, literature, political engagement, educational activities or reform movements.
An important contribution to women's history* Journal of American History *
G. J. Barker-Benfield is in the Department of History at the State University of New York, Albany. He is the author of The Horrors of the Half-known Life and The Culture of Sensibility. Catherine Clinton is Douglas Southall Freeman Visiting Professor at the University of Richmond. Her publications include Tara Revisited, Divided Houses, and most recently The Devils Lane: Sex and Race in the Early South.
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ISBN 13 9780195120486
ISBN 10 0195120485
Title Portraits of American Women
Author G J Barker-Benfield
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Year published 1998-07-09
Number of pages 620
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.