Product Description

Looking at general trends and specific items such as life in a tenement, women working overseas in World War I, the production of cosmetics in the 1920s, and new female immigration, this atlas portrays the history of American women from a vivid geographical and demographic perspective. In a variety of colorful maps and charts, this important new work documents milestones in the evolution of the social and political rights of women. Coverage includes the rise of reform movements such as temperance, women's suffrage, and abolition during the 19th century, and contraception, abortion rights, and the Equal Rights Amendment in the 20th. Also inlcludes 50 color maps.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #866855 in Books
• Published on: 2000-04
• Formats: Facsimile, Unknown format
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

From Booklist
Reviewed with The Routledge Atlas of African American History.

These two thematic atlases present information in the same fashion as The Routledge Historical Atlas of the American Railroads and The Routledge Historical Atlas of the American South, both reviewed in our February 1, 2000, issue. REVWR
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Review
A useful work filled with clear graphics and concise articles....This resource will be helpful to students doing research.
-School Library Journal, November 2000

Book Info
Discusses the hardship American women have endured and the triumphs won, starting with the Native peoples and working up through contemporary society. DLC: Women--U.S.--History--Atlases.

Customer Reviews

Outstanding and a must-read!
This atlas is beautiful and informative. The maps/illustrations are both colorful and a valuable addition to the text. The text itself is brilliantly written and accessible to all ages. This is an important work that every woman should read.