ABSTRACT
Looking at general trends and specific items such as life in a tenement, women working overseas in World War I, the production of cosmetics in the 1920s, and new female immigration, this atlas portrays the history of American women from a vivid geographical and demographic perspective. In a variety of colorful maps and charts, this important new work documents milestones in the evolution of the social and political rights of women. Coverage includes the rise of reform movements such as temperance, women's suffrage, and abolition during the 19th century, and contraception, abortion rights, and the Equal Rights Amendment in the 20th. Also inlcludes 50 color maps.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|18 pages
Breaking Old Ties
part II|20 pages
Women's Place in an Expanding Nation
part III|28 pages
Seeking A Voice
part IV|28 pages
Two Steps Forward, One Step Backward
part V|22 pages
Redefining Women's Place