American Women
Book description
Excerpts from women's diaries, letters, speeches, and autobiographical writings provide a first-person look at the history of American women.
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Why read it?
1 author picked American Women as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Want to discover the vast collection of groundbreaking women in one volume? I can’t think of a better way than to investigate women in their time and read their own words in this book. Each woman featured is introduced by a discussion of why what she said and who she was influenced history.
I’ve used this book for quotes in addition to studying the importance of women leaders in different eras, from U.S. founding mothers and settling the West to worker rights and the women’s movements to vote and find equal treatment, something relevant today.
From Marlene's list on groundbreaking women in history.
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