American Voices from the Women's Movement

by Schomp, Virginia

• ISBN13: 9780761421719
• ISBN10: 0761421718
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-30
• Publisher: Benchmark Books

Summary

"Describes the history of the women's rights movement in the United States, from colonial times to the present day, through the use of primary resources such as letters, diary entries, official government documents, newspaper articles, historical art, and photographs"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

About Primary Sources	p. ix
Introduction: A Tidal Wave	p. xv
A Woman's Place	p. 1
Abigail Adams Asks, "Remember the Ladies"	p. 4
John Adams Defends "Our Masculine Systems"	p. 6
Women in the Abolition Movement	p. 10
Philadelphia Women Form an Antislavery Society	p. 12
A "Ladies' Fair" Raises Funds for the Cause	p. 15
A Young Volunteer Goes Door-to-Door	p. 16
The Church Criticizes Independent Women	p. 18
Sarah Grimke Defends Female Abolitionists	p. 21
Crusading Ladies and the Reform Era	p. 25
Emma Willard Calls for Education Reform	p. 27
A Former "Mill Girl" Recalls a Strike	p. 29
Amelia Bloomer Publishes a Temperance Newspaper	p. 31
William Lloyd Garrison Answers the "Woman Question"	p. 33
Birth of the Women's Movement	p. 37
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Addresses the First Women's Rights Convention	p. 39
The Seneca Falls Convention Issues a Declaration	p. 42
The Rochester Convention Adopts Bold Resolutions	p. 45
Sojourner Truth Gives a "Magical" Speech	p. 47
The News York Herald Criticizes "Unsexed Women"	p. 49
War and Division	p. 52
The Fourteenth Amendment Excludes Women	p. 55
Moderate Feminists Concentrate on Women's Suffrage	p. 57
Radical Feminists Seek Broad Reforms	p. 59
Susan B. Anthony Goes on Trial	p. 61
Winning the Vote	p. 65
Ohio Women Launch a Temperance Crusade	p. 68
A Labor Reformer Speaks Out for Women's Suffrage	p. 70
The Women's Movement Bows to Racism	p. 72
Suffragists Explain Why Women Need the Ballot	p. 74
Feminists Send Out Valentines	p. 76
Congress Approves the Nineteenth Amendment	p. 78
Between the Waves	p. 80
Margaret Sanger Opens a Birth Control Clinic	p. 83
A Real-Life "Rosie" Joins the Ranks	p. 85
A Workingwoman Prefers Homemaking	p. 88
The Kennedy Commission Reports on Women's Status	p. 91
The Second Wave	p. 95
Betty Friedan Publishes The Feminine Mystique	p. 97
Title VII Outlaws Sex Discrimination	p. 100
The National Organization for Women Is Founded	p. 101
A Quiz Tests Women's "Consciousness"	p. 103
Progress and Backlash	p. 106
The Redstockings Manifesto Rejects Male Supremacy	p. 109
Black Women Organize for Action	p. 111
Congress Passes the Equal Rights Amendment	p. 113
The Supreme Court's Decision in Roe v. Wade Legalizes Abortion	p. 115
Phyllis Schlafly Leads an Antifeminist Backlash	p. 117
Feminism Today and Tomorrow	p. 121
Women See a Continuing Wage Gap	p. 123
Girls Talk about Gender Stereotypes	p. 125
Time Line	p. 128
Glossary	p. 132
To Find Out More	p. 133
Index	p. 136
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