The Woman in American HistoryAddison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1971 - 207 pages |
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Page 29
... later railroads led to a revolution in agriculture and commerce , and spurred westward migration and the growth of cities . Women shared in the benefits of increasing . wealth , urbanization and industrialization . Middle - class women ...
... later railroads led to a revolution in agriculture and commerce , and spurred westward migration and the growth of cities . Women shared in the benefits of increasing . wealth , urbanization and industrialization . Middle - class women ...
Page 93
... later became a permanent part of the armed forces . Thousands of women saw service as war nurses and helped to establish nursing as a profession . The end of the war saw women firmly entrenched in several new fields of work ...
... later became a permanent part of the armed forces . Thousands of women saw service as war nurses and helped to establish nursing as a profession . The end of the war saw women firmly entrenched in several new fields of work ...
Page 153
... later wrote , " Mother bore eleven children . She died at forty - eight . My father lived until he was eighty . " This simple fact haunted Margaret Higgins ' childhood . Although her father was a kind husband , she always felt that her ...
... later wrote , " Mother bore eleven children . She died at forty - eight . My father lived until he was eighty . " This simple fact haunted Margaret Higgins ' childhood . Although her father was a kind husband , she always felt that her ...
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Woman in American History Specialized studies in American history series |
| Author | Gerda Lerner |
| Publisher | Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1971 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 25 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 0201042274, 9780201042276 |
| Length | 207 pages |
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