Writing Women's History: International Perspectives

by Karen M. Offen, Ruth Roach Pierson, Jane Rendell (Editor)

A collection of essays that assesses the achievements and future of women's historiography from a cross-cultural perspective. It includes papers by contributors from 22 different countries, some of which have been translated to English. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org) online version of the same title.

552 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Karen Offen (Ph.D., Stanford University) is a historian and independent scholar affiliated as a Senior Scholar with the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University in California.

She publishes on the history of Modern Europe, especially France and its global influence; Western thought and politics with reference to family, gender, and the relative status of women; historiography; women's history; the national, regional and global histories of feminism; and comparative history.