Books in the Lives of American Women series

Dorothea Lange, Documentary Photography, and 20th Century America charts the life of Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) whose life was radically altered by the Depression, and whose photography helped transform the nation.

Following Mary Pickford's life, this book gives an overview of her enduring contribution to American film and mass culture. It also explores her struggles to surpass her confining public film persona as 'America's Sweetheart', mirroring how women, both then and today, must reconcile domestic life with professional aspirations and work.

Catharine Beecher: The Complexity of Gender in Nineteenth-Century America investigates how the life of education reformer Catharine Beecher is a lens through which to understand the cultural changes of the nineteenth-century.

Following Lathrop's life, this book gives an overview of her enduring contribution to progressive politics, women's employment, and women's education. It offers a look at how one influential woman worked within the bounds of traditional conventions about gender, race, and class, and pushed against them.

Following Lathrop's life, this book gives an overview of her enduring contribution to progressive politics, women's employment, and women's education. It offers a look at how one influential woman worked within the bounds of traditional conventions about gender, race, and class, and pushed against them.

Enriched by years of her detailed diary entries, Barbara Egger Lennon: Teacher, Mother, Activist deepens our understanding of the ways in which work and political activism existed alongside the traditional role of women in the early 20th century.

Betsy Mix Cowles is a brilliant example of what an educated and independent woman can accomplish. A staunch defender of abolitionism, Cowles also took up the cause of women's rights and dedicated her life to the advocacy of women's access to education, equal rights, and independence in the pre-Civil War era.

Focusing on Chisholm's lifelong advocacy for fair treatment, access to education, and equal pay for all American minority groups, this book explores the life of a remarkable woman in the context of twentieth-century urban America and the tremendous social upheaval that occurred after World War II.

Rebecca Dickinson: Independence for a New England Woman, uses Dickinson's world as a lens to introduce readers to the everyday experience of living in the colonial era and the social, cultural, and economic challenges faced in the transformative decades surrounding the American Revolution.

This accessible, engaging introduction to the life of Lillian Gilbreth examines her pivotal role in establishing the discipline of industrial psychology. This book examines the life of an exceptional woman who was able to negotiate the divide between the public and domestic spheres and define it on her terms.

Dorothea Lange, Documentary Photography, and 20th Century America charts the life of Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) whose life was radically altered by the Depression, and whose photography helped transform the nation.

Following Mary Pickford's life, this book gives an overview of her enduring contribution to American film and mass culture. It also explores her struggles to surpass her confining public film persona as 'America's Sweetheart', mirroring how women, both then and today, must reconcile domestic life with professional aspirations and work.

An engaging introduction to the life of Betsy Mix Cowles, a radical abolitionist in the Civil War era and a brilliant example of what an educated and independent woman can accomplish.

An accessible and engaging look into the trailblazing life of Shirley Chisholm and her lifelong advocacy for fair treatment, access to education, and equal pay for all American minority groups

An engaging look into the life of Rebecca Dickinson and the paradoxes presented by an unmarried woman who earned her own living at the time of the American Revolution

An accessible, engaging examination of Lillian Gilbreth, whose research in efficiency and human factors changed the way factories are run, how domestic tasks are completed, and how consumers are "sold" on a product

An engaging, accessible introduction to Alice Paul's struggle for female equality and the unwavering role she played in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment granting women the right to vote

An accessible, engaging introduction to the life of first lady Dolley Madison and the pivotal role she played in establishing an atmosphere of unity and civility in the young nation

An accessible, engaging examination of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, whose dramatic life story is used to narrate the rise and fall of radical challenges to capitalism in 20th-Century United States.

An accessible, engaging examination of Barbara Egger Lennon, whose life illustrates how many early 20th century American women managed to balance traditional roles with work and activism.