Women and Power in American History: A Reader, Volume II from 1870

Women and Power in American History #2

by Kathryn Kish Sklar

The second part of a collection of 38 readings in American Women's History that deals with the experiences of women in the North American colonies and the United States - from the first English settlement through the 1980s. For a full write-up, see above.

Genres: History, Feminism

320 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1990

About the author

Kathryn Kish Sklar is a Professor of History, co-director of the Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender, and co-director of the Center for the Teaching of American History at Binghamton University.

Kathryn Sklar's research centers on women in social movements in the United States, comparatively considered with British and German women. Her publications focus on the Antebellum and Progressive eras. She is particularly interested in how women's participation in social movements illuminates large questions in U.S. and comparative history, such as those associated with political culture, class formation, state formation, and the construction of gender, religious and ethnic identities.
--from the author's website