{"product_id":"9780061739224","title":"America's Women","description":"\u003cp\u003eRich in detail, filled with fascinating characters, and panoramic in its sweep, this magnificent work of women's history tells for the first time the complete story of the American woman from the Pilgrims to the 21st-century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this sweeping cultural history, Gail Collins explores the transformations, victories, and tragedies of women in America over four hundred years. As she traces the role of females from their arrival on the Mayflower through the 19th century to the feminist movement of the 1970s and today, she demonstrates a boomerang pattern of participation and retreat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn some periods, women were expected to work in the fields and behind the barricades—to colonize the nation, become the pioneer women of the West, and run the defense industries of World War II. In the decades between, economic forces and cultural attitudes shunted them back into the home, confining them to the role of moral beacon and domestic goddess. Told chronologically through the compelling true stories of individuals whose lives, linked together, provide a complete picture of the American woman’s experience, \u003ci\u003eAmerica's Women\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark work of US social history and major contribution for us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis definitive narrative of American cultural history explores the complex forces that have shaped the lives of women—and the nation itself: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the Mayflower to the Modern Era:\u003c\/b\u003e Follow the panoramic story of the American woman from the harrowing journey of the first colonists and the grit of pioneer women to the fight for suffrage and the feminist movements of the 20th century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Cycle of Progress and Retreat:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover the fascinating boomerang pattern of participation and retreat, as women moved from the fields and factories of wartime to the confines of the home as domestic goddesses, and back again.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHelpmates and Heroines:\u003c\/b\u003e Meet the captivating characters—both famous and forgotten—whose compelling true stories, from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression, create a complete picture of the female experience.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLandmark Social History:\u003c\/b\u003e Rich in detail and told with a novelist's eye, this landmark work reveals the transformations, victories, and tragedies that defined four hundred years of women's history in America.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Gail Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46922157490325,"sku":"9780061739224","price":6.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780061739224_4f2424b5-d210-4e54-b9fb-dcacaaf28b16.jpg?v=1776889891","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780061739224","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}