Early American Women: A Documentary History, 1600 - 1900

Part 1 A new world - the 17th & 18th centuries: Natives and captives Well-ordered families The colonial economy Women and the law Religious experiences The revolutionary era. Part 2 The young nation, 1800-1860: Domestic lives The school and the mill Western and urban frontiers Mistress and slave The reform impulse. Part 3 The late 19th century, 1860-1900: The women's war Urban wage earners College women Clubs, causes, and reform The suffrage movement New woman/new century.