A History of Women in America: From Founding Mothers to Feminists-How Women Shaped the Life and Culture of America

Author: Hymowitz, Carol,Weissman, Michaele
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Category: Social & Cultural History, Gender Studies: Women, Sociology & Anthropology, Social & Cultural Anthropology
Book Format: Paperback

From colonial to modern-day times this narrative history, incorporating first-person accounts, traces the development of women's roles in America. Against the backdrop of major historical events and movements, the authors examine the issues that changed the roles and lives of women in our society. Includes photographs.

Carol Hymowitz, born and raised in New York, graduated from Brandeis University and earned her master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. She is a freelance writer and also works part time for Time magazine.



Michaele Weissman is a native of Belmont, Massachusetts. She studied history at Brandeis University and graduated in 1968. She lives in Manhattan and is employed as a newswriter and producer for WOR radio.

About Carol Hymowitz

Carol Hymowitz, born and raised in New York, graduated from Brandeis University and earned her master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. She is a freelance writer and also works part time for Time magazine. Michaele Weissman is a native of Belmont, Massachusetts. She studied history at Brandeis University and graduated in 1968. She lives in Manhattan and is employed as a newswriter and producer for WOR radio.