
Citizenship and the Origins of Women's History in the United States
Women''s history emerged as a genre in the waning years of the eighteenth century, a period during which concepts of nationhood and a sense of belonging expanded throughout European nations and the young American republic. Early women''s histories had criticized the economic practices, intellectual abilities, and political behavior of women while emphasizing the importance of female domesticity in...
Women''s history emerged as a genre in the waning years of the eighteenth century, a period during which concepts of nationhood and a sense of belonging expanded throughout European nations and the young American republic. Early women''s histories had criticized the economic practices, intellectual abilities, and political behavior of women while emphasizing the importance of female domesticity in...