Through Women's Eyes: An American History with Documents

by Ellen Carol DuBois, Lynn Dumenil

The first textbook for the survey course in American women’s history to combine a compelling narrative with a wide array of written and visual primary sources, Through Women’s An American History is also the first to integrate women’s history into U.S. history while ensuring a balanced sense of the broad diversity of American women. Modeling for students how historians gather and interpret evidence, DuBois and Dumenil provide a textbook rooted in recent scholarship yet accessible to all introductory students.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Textbooks, Feminism, School, Gender

Paperback

First published September 10, 2008

About the author

Ellen Carol Dubois is a distinguished professor of history and gender studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She earned her bachelor's degree at Wellesley in 1968 and her Ph.D. from Northwestern in 1975.

Reviews

[Alexandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was lucky enough to read this textbook when I had the author as a professor. It was very well-written and organized and filled with information. But I may be a bit bias because Dr. Dubois is one of the best professors I've had.

[Laura Kilpatrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked that it was all about women.

[Sara Rose · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was totally just my textbook from school however i actually read it which is more than i can say about other textbooks.

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a textbook (just wanted to be upfront on that). So, there are the limitations of a textbook for the general reader, however this is well written and interesting. I also like that it is a 'text' for women's history (like the text for an American survey course), instead of being a collection of edited articles/documents about women.

[Delores]

Read this book for a history (52) class. very informative about the history of women that is usually untold. Beginning with some old world facts and America in the world to 1650 - to present. The book have many documents as well. I would buy this book again.