Making Women's History

by Beard, Mary Ritter; Lane, Ann J.

• ISBN13: 9781558612198
• ISBN10: 155861219X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Feminist Pr

Summary

The only collection of work by a groundbreaking historian.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Preface to the Feminist Press Edition	ix
Part One: Mary Ritter Beard:An Appraisal of Her Life and Work	1	(72)
Part Two: Mary Ritter Beard:Selections from Her Writings and Speeches	73	(167)
Political Activism---The Early Years	75	(54)
Mothercraft	77	(3)
Votes for Workingwomen	80	(5)
Have Americans Lost Their Democracy?	85	(4)
The Legislative Influence of Unenfranchised Women	89	(6)
The Congressional Union	95	(5)
Statement to the House Committee on Woman Suffrage	100	(8)
Woman's Work in Municipalities	108	(21)
Feminism as a World View---Theory	129	(72)
American Women and the Printing Press	131	(7)
On Understanding Women	138	(9)
University Discipline for Women-Asset or Handicap?	147	(5)
The College and Alumnae in Contemporary Life	152	(7)
The Direction of Women's Education	159	(9)
Feminism as a Social Phenomenon	168	(4)
Woman as Force in History: A Study in Traditions and Realities	172	(20)
Woman-the Pioneer	192	(3)
What Nobody Seems to Know About Woman	195	(6)
Feminism as a World View---Practice	201	(39)
A Changing Political Economy as It Affects Women	203	(7)
The World Center for Women's Archives	210	(5)
A Study of the Encyclopaedia Britannica in Relation to Its Treatment of Women	215	(10)
The Economic Background of the Sex Life of the Unmarried Adult	225	(15)
Bibliography	240	(5)
Index	245