Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (vii, 249 pages)
DDC:
305.420973
Keywords:
Feminism
;
Feminism.
Abstract:
The saying goes that well-behaved women rarely make history. For centuries, American women have been carving out spaces of their own in a male-dominated world. From politics, to entertainment, to their personal lives, women have been making their mark on the American landscape since the nation's inception, often ignored or overlooked by those creating the record. This collection takes the long view of the American woman and examines her transgressive behavior through the decades. Including stories of women enslaved, early celebrities, engineers, and more, these essays demonstrate how there is no such thing as an "average" woman, as even those ordinary women are found doing extraordinary things. This collection comes at a particularly poignant time, as August 2020 markedthe 100th anniversary of the ratification and adoption of the19th amendment, which - in a landmark for women's right - granted American women the right to vote.
Description / Table of Contents:
Resistance : strength of the enslaved women's spirit / Alyssa Thompson -- "I feel O so lonely and desolate" : White northern and southern women's feelings of loneliness and sadness during the Civil War / Gillian Barth -- The American plan : how women came to be viewed as dangerous / Caroline McLean -- Alice Roosevelt and the rise of the infamous American woman / Liv Wisnewski -- Paving her own best way : Lillian Gilbreth's journey from housewife to career woman / Helen Hickman -- Fighting Nazis : a collective of trailblazing American women in the 1930s and 1940s / Savannah Lawhorne -- The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League : the new women of World War II / Madison Sheehan -- Seeing Eleanor : the First Lady of the world / Olivia Wood -- "Funny like a guy" : women in American standup comedy / Elizabeth Sholtis -- A different kind of feminine : how Marilyn Monroe challenged expectations of womanhood / Alicia Aucoin -- Mary Tyler Moore : the unlikely feminist / Grace Barth -- A tight wight super suit : how women's underground comics came to be / Trenton Spilman -- Dolly Parton : the Appalachian advocate, wild wife, and sexualized singer / Bethany Stewart -- Keepin' it movin' : Appalachian women's resistance through music / Kat McGowan.
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