Inventing the American Woman

In two volumes, this third edition features expanded coverage of women in the military, women's healthcare, divorce, and women of colour, especially Spanish-speaking, American Indian, African American, and Asian-American. It also reviews important people, events and concepts. Contents: To 1877: women in Colonial America to 1963; Resistance, revolution and early nationhood, 1763-1812; 'True' women in industrial and westward expansion, 1812-1837; 'Moral' women reshaping American lives and values, 1837-1861; 'Womanly strength of the nations' -- the Civil War and reconstruction, 1861-1877.