Laborers for Liberty: American Women 1865-1890

by Harriet Sigerman

Book Overview

In the years following the Civil War, American women discovered new opportunities and obstacles in their quest for social and political equality. As the nation's boundaries and industrial might expanded, more women worked on the land as well as in factories. Women found new educational opportunities, but at the same time faced old barriers to their entry into male-dominated professions such as medicine and law. They also embarked on a remarkable endeavor,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195124049
• ISBN13: 9780195124040
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12