Looks at the traditional patterns of women's lives during the time of the American Revolution and charts the new directions to come as women help to carve a new nation "dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal".
Contains biographies of women active in the feminist movement, a list of museums and historic sites related to the history of American women, and a series index.
Looks at women from four Native American groups--the Puebloans, the Iroquois, the fur-trading tribes of the central Great Lakes region, the Cherokees--and explores the possibilities open to women and how colonization by Europeans changed their lives.
Uses personal stories and primary source material to focus on the changes in the lives of American women of all ethnic and economic backgrounds and to discuss the variety and importance of their experiences.
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