America's Daughters: 400 Years of American Women

by Judith Head

Suitable for children aged 9-12 years, this book presents the history of American women, starting from the 1600s, provides an overview of what life was like for women as well as the profiles more than... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0962203688
• ISBN13: 9780962203688
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Perspective Publishing
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Inspirational Journey through a History of Women

"Today's women are more active in American life than ever before. They design buildings, manage offices, pave streets, sit in Congress, and conduct scientific research. More American women can make decisions about their lives than that at any time in history." ~ pg. 89 Women of the past and present are featured in America's Daughters. Judith Head has selected women from many cultures and time periods to bring together a well-researched collection of experience. This then becomes as much a study of culture as a study of women. Some of the many women featured include: Pocahontas, Phillis Wheatley, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Susan B. Anthony, Amelia Earhart, Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks and Maya Lin. "Maria and Julian Martinez developed a new style of pottery in about 1920. It had shiny black background with designs in matte or unshiny black. The style made Maria famous. People wanted to buy it faster than she could craft it." ~ pg. 95 Throughout the stories pictures show women doing laundry on the frontier, creating pottery, writing poetry, managing busy households, teaching, flying planes, writing novels, fighting for equal rights, designing monuments, setting world records or working in textile mills. There is a full range of feminine abilities and talents on display and that makes for some interesting reading. America's Daughters is truly an entertaining book with historical significance. Women of all ages will love this journey of American women as told in pictures and stories. ~The Rebecca Review