Women and the National Experience: Primary Sources in American History

by Ellen Skinner

This brief, affordable primary source reader contains more than one hundred different sources that describe the history of women in the United States.

Women and the National Experience, 2/e, is part of the Primary Sources in American History Series, which provides students with inexpensive collections of thought-provoking primary sources. Combining classic and unusual sources, this anthology explores the private voices and public lives of women throughout U.S. history, and also lets students experience what historians really do and how history is written.

Genres: History

288 pages, Paperback

First published July 28, 1996

Reviews

[Alex Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

this collection of women's writings is really great. lots of different voices, from the singular (diary entries, letters) to the communal (manifestos by organizations); from the progressive to the conservative. covers a wide array of topics and ideas, and many of these readings are very, very short (only a page or two). each source is introduced with a thoughtful summary. really happy to have read this.

[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

Warning: this was assigned reading for a class I took.

This is something that I never would have picked up voluntarily. Some of the passages were actually very interesting while others were redundant and boring.

It was certainly informative, but not much of a pleasure read.

[Melissa]

To be completely honest, did not read every source in this book, but did read the vast majority for my wh class!

Really amazing selection of sources--gives a great overview of american women's activism/experiences throughout all of American history.

[Stuart Canton · Rating 4 out of 5]

used this in class. really good collection of primary sources. could use this for anything