Kristine Ashton Gunnell is a research affiliate at UCLA's Center for the Study of Women and a visiting scholar at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California, USA.

Within each chapter, the documents include helpful tools, such as an introduction, a “Keep in Mind as You Read” section to aid in analysis, definitions of key terms, a short biography of the author/speaker, and an “Aftermath” section that explains the effect and significance of the document. Instructors will appreciate that each document is followed by comprehension questions that provide potential starting points for course assignments, and suggestions for further reading ... Recommended for high-school and undergraduate libraries.

• PrefaceIntroductionEvaluating and Interpreting Primary DocumentsChronology of Women’s HistoryDOCUMENTS OF WOMEN’S HISTORYUrban Life, 1871–19201. Susan B. Anthony, “Suffrage and the Working Woman” (1871)2. Jacob Riis, “Court at 24 Baxter Street” (ca. 1888 or 1889) and Lillian Wald, “Crowded Districts of Large Cities” (1897)3. Hull House, Hull-House: a social settlement at 335 South Halstead Street, Chicago; weekly program of lectures, clubs, classes, etc., March 1st, 1892 (1892)4. Margaret Sanger, The Case for Birth Control (1917) 5. Clara Lanza, “Women Clerks in New York” (1891)6. Elizabeth Hirschfield, “The Woman Who Talks: Card Playing During the Day” (1897) 7. Emmet J. Scott, “Additional Letters of Negro Migrants of 1916–1918” (1919)Living in the Multicultural West, 1877–19208. Calamity Jane, The Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane (1896) 9. Plural Marriage (1878)10. Homesteads in Nebraska (1886)11. Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims (1883)12. Helen Hunt Jackson, A Century of Dishonor (1881)13. Chinese Immigration (1906)Cultural Conflict and Changing Gender Roles in the 1920s and 1930s14. Women’s Suffrage15. C.W. Turner, “A Flapper Girl” (1922) and Images from the Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog (1923)16. Women of the Ku Klux Klan, America for Americans: creed of Klanswomen as interpreted by the Women of the Ku Klux Klan17. Letter from Vada Churchill to President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933)18. “Mexican Young Ladies Heed the Voice of Charity” (1919) and “The Spanish Ladies of Charity” (1919)19. Motion Picture Production Code, or “Hays Code,” (1934)Women on the Homefront: World War II and the Cold War20. Women in the Workforce during World War II21. Japanese American Confinement during World War II22. Loretta Collier, “A Lesbian Recounts her Korean War Military Experiences” (1990)23. Civil Defense and Fallout Shelters24. Domesticity in the 1950sEqual Rights Movements in the 1960s and 1970s25. Challenging Segregation26. Geneva Mathiasen, “The War on Poverty as it Affects Older Americans” (1965)27. Loving v. Virginia (1967)28. Betty Friedan, “Judge Carswell and the ‘Sex Plus’s Doctrine” (1970) and the Testimony of Myra K. Wolfgang (1970)29. Michelle Wallace, “Anger in Isolation: A Black Feminist’s Search for Sisterhood” (1975)30. “Miss America Pageant Protest” (1968) and Carol Hanisch, “What Can Be Learned: A Critique of the Miss America Protest” (1968)Pushing Boundaries in the 1980s and 1990s31. Andrea Dworkin, “Pornography as a Civil Rights Issue” (1986)32. Elizabeth Glaser, “Pediatric AIDS” (1990)33. Anita Hill, Testimony at the Clarence Thomas Hearings (1991)34. Rosalynn Carter, “Caregiving” (1998)35. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, “Women, Men, and Children in Need” (1996)36. Hillary Clinton, “Women’s Rights are Human Rights” (1995)Contemporary Voices: Challenging Stereotypes and Confronting Violence37. Condoleezza Rice, Opening Remarks to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States (2004)38. Michelle Brané, “Crossing the Border: Immigrants in Detention” (2007)39. Lenore Skenazy, Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry (2009)40. Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)41. “Missing and Murdered: Confronting the Silent Crisis in Indian Country” (2018)42. Feminista Jones, Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets (2019)43. Testimony from Rosa Walker during “Ensuring Women Can Thrive in a Post-Pandemic Economy” Hearings (2022)BibliographyIndex

Kristine Ashton Gunnell is a research affiliate at UCLA's Center for the Study of Women and a visiting scholar at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California, USA.

Within each chapter, the documents include helpful tools, such as an introduction, a “Keep in Mind as You Read” section to aid in analysis, definitions of key terms, a short biography of the author/speaker, and an “Aftermath” section that explains the effect and significance of the document. Instructors will appreciate that each document is followed by comprehension questions that provide potential starting points for course assignments, and suggestions for further reading ... Recommended for high-school and undergraduate libraries.

• PrefaceIntroductionEvaluating and Interpreting Primary DocumentsChronology of Women’s HistoryDOCUMENTS OF WOMEN’S HISTORYUrban Life, 1871–19201. Susan B. Anthony, “Suffrage and the Working Woman” (1871)2. Jacob Riis, “Court at 24 Baxter Street” (ca. 1888 or 1889) and Lillian Wald, “Crowded Districts of Large Cities” (1897)3. Hull House, Hull-House: a social settlement at 335 South Halstead Street, Chicago; weekly program of lectures, clubs, classes, etc., March 1st, 1892 (1892)4. Margaret Sanger, The Case for Birth Control (1917) 5. Clara Lanza, “Women Clerks in New York” (1891)6. Elizabeth Hirschfield, “The Woman Who Talks: Card Playing During the Day” (1897) 7. Emmet J. Scott, “Additional Letters of Negro Migrants of 1916–1918” (1919)Living in the Multicultural West, 1877–19208. Calamity Jane, The Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane (1896) 9. Plural Marriage (1878)10. Homesteads in Nebraska (1886)11. Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims (1883)12. Helen Hunt Jackson, A Century of Dishonor (1881)13. Chinese Immigration (1906)Cultural Conflict and Changing Gender Roles in the 1920s and 1930s14. Women’s Suffrage15. C.W. Turner, “A Flapper Girl” (1922) and Images from the Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog (1923)16. Women of the Ku Klux Klan, America for Americans: creed of Klanswomen as interpreted by the Women of the Ku Klux Klan17. Letter from Vada Churchill to President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933)18. “Mexican Young Ladies Heed the Voice of Charity” (1919) and “The Spanish Ladies of Charity” (1919)19. Motion Picture Production Code, or “Hays Code,” (1934)Women on the Homefront: World War II and the Cold War20. Women in the Workforce during World War II21. Japanese American Confinement during World War II22. Loretta Collier, “A Lesbian Recounts her Korean War Military Experiences” (1990)23. Civil Defense and Fallout Shelters24. Domesticity in the 1950sEqual Rights Movements in the 1960s and 1970s25. Challenging Segregation26. Geneva Mathiasen, “The War on Poverty as it Affects Older Americans” (1965)27. Loving v. Virginia (1967)28. Betty Friedan, “Judge Carswell and the ‘Sex Plus’s Doctrine” (1970) and the Testimony of Myra K. Wolfgang (1970)29. Michelle Wallace, “Anger in Isolation: A Black Feminist’s Search for Sisterhood” (1975)30. “Miss America Pageant Protest” (1968) and Carol Hanisch, “What Can Be Learned: A Critique of the Miss America Protest” (1968)Pushing Boundaries in the 1980s and 1990s31. Andrea Dworkin, “Pornography as a Civil Rights Issue” (1986)32. Elizabeth Glaser, “Pediatric AIDS” (1990)33. Anita Hill, Testimony at the Clarence Thomas Hearings (1991)34. Rosalynn Carter, “Caregiving” (1998)35. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, “Women, Men, and Children in Need” (1996)36. Hillary Clinton, “Women’s Rights are Human Rights” (1995)Contemporary Voices: Challenging Stereotypes and Confronting Violence37. Condoleezza Rice, Opening Remarks to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States (2004)38. Michelle Brané, “Crossing the Border: Immigrants in Detention” (2007)39. Lenore Skenazy, Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry (2009)40. Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)41. “Missing and Murdered: Confronting the Silent Crisis in Indian Country” (2018)42. Feminista Jones, Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets (2019)43. Testimony from Rosa Walker during “Ensuring Women Can Thrive in a Post-Pandemic Economy” Hearings (2022)BibliographyIndex

Kristine Ashton Gunnell is a research affiliate at UCLA's Center for the Study of Women and a visiting scholar at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California, USA.

Within each chapter, the documents include helpful tools, such as an introduction, a “Keep in Mind as You Read” section to aid in analysis, definitions of key terms, a short biography of the author/speaker, and an “Aftermath” section that explains the effect and significance of the document. Instructors will appreciate that each document is followed by comprehension questions that provide potential starting points for course assignments, and suggestions for further reading ... Recommended for high-school and undergraduate libraries.

• PrefaceIntroductionEvaluating and Interpreting Primary DocumentsChronology of Women’s HistoryDOCUMENTS OF WOMEN’S HISTORYUrban Life, 1871–19201. Susan B. Anthony, “Suffrage and the Working Woman” (1871)2. Jacob Riis, “Court at 24 Baxter Street” (ca. 1888 or 1889) and Lillian Wald, “Crowded Districts of Large Cities” (1897)3. Hull House, Hull-House: a social settlement at 335 South Halstead Street, Chicago; weekly program of lectures, clubs, classes, etc., March 1st, 1892 (1892)4. Margaret Sanger, The Case for Birth Control (1917) 5. Clara Lanza, “Women Clerks in New York” (1891)6. Elizabeth Hirschfield, “The Woman Who Talks: Card Playing During the Day” (1897) 7. Emmet J. Scott, “Additional Letters of Negro Migrants of 1916–1918” (1919)Living in the Multicultural West, 1877–19208. Calamity Jane, The Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane (1896) 9. Plural Marriage (1878)10. Homesteads in Nebraska (1886)11. Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims (1883)12. Helen Hunt Jackson, A Century of Dishonor (1881)13. Chinese Immigration (1906)Cultural Conflict and Changing Gender Roles in the 1920s and 1930s14. Women’s Suffrage15. C.W. Turner, “A Flapper Girl” (1922) and Images from the Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog (1923)16. Women of the Ku Klux Klan, America for Americans: creed of Klanswomen as interpreted by the Women of the Ku Klux Klan17. Letter from Vada Churchill to President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933)18. “Mexican Young Ladies Heed the Voice of Charity” (1919) and “The Spanish Ladies of Charity” (1919)19. Motion Picture Production Code, or “Hays Code,” (1934)Women on the Homefront: World War II and the Cold War20. Women in the Workforce during World War II21. Japanese American Confinement during World War II22. Loretta Collier, “A Lesbian Recounts her Korean War Military Experiences” (1990)23. Civil Defense and Fallout Shelters24. Domesticity in the 1950sEqual Rights Movements in the 1960s and 1970s25. Challenging Segregation26. Geneva Mathiasen, “The War on Poverty as it Affects Older Americans” (1965)27. Loving v. Virginia (1967)28. Betty Friedan, “Judge Carswell and the ‘Sex Plus’s Doctrine” (1970) and the Testimony of Myra K. Wolfgang (1970)29. Michelle Wallace, “Anger in Isolation: A Black Feminist’s Search for Sisterhood” (1975)30. “Miss America Pageant Protest” (1968) and Carol Hanisch, “What Can Be Learned: A Critique of the Miss America Protest” (1968)Pushing Boundaries in the 1980s and 1990s31. Andrea Dworkin, “Pornography as a Civil Rights Issue” (1986)32. Elizabeth Glaser, “Pediatric AIDS” (1990)33. Anita Hill, Testimony at the Clarence Thomas Hearings (1991)34. Rosalynn Carter, “Caregiving” (1998)35. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, “Women, Men, and Children in Need” (1996)36. Hillary Clinton, “Women’s Rights are Human Rights” (1995)Contemporary Voices: Challenging Stereotypes and Confronting Violence37. Condoleezza Rice, Opening Remarks to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States (2004)38. Michelle Brané, “Crossing the Border: Immigrants in Detention” (2007)39. Lenore Skenazy, Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry (2009)40. Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)41. “Missing and Murdered: Confronting the Silent Crisis in Indian Country” (2018)42. Feminista Jones, Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets (2019)43. Testimony from Rosa Walker during “Ensuring Women Can Thrive in a Post-Pandemic Economy” Hearings (2022)BibliographyIndex