Early American Women: A Documentary History, 1600 - 1900

Download or read book Early American Women: A Documentary History, 1600 - 1900 written by Nancy Woloch and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages. This book was released on 2002 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains a collection of over 100 primary sources in women's history that reveals the diversity of women's experience from the colonial era through the 19th century. The documents range from the familiar to the unusual. Collectively, they evoke interest, inspire reflection, and invite commentary from readers. It presents sources such as census data from Spanish California, accounts of Iroquois women in government, oral histories of slaves, and material on the 19th century suffrage movement.