Well-behaved women seldom make history / by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.
| Author/creator | Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher, 1938- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. |
| Description | xxxiv, 284 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The slogan -- Three writers -- Amazons -- Shakespeare's daughters -- Slaves in the attic -- A book of days -- Waves. |
| Abstract | "They didn't ask to be remembered," historian Ulrich wrote in 1976 about the pious women of colonial New England. And then she added a phrase that has since gained widespread currency: "Well-behaved women seldom make history." Today those words appear on T-shirts, bumper stickers, and more--but what do they really mean? Here, Ulrich ranges over centuries and cultures, from the fifteenth-century writer Christine de Pizan, who imagined a world in which women achieved power and influence, to the writings of nineteenth-century suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton and twentieth-century novelist Virginia Woolf. She contrasts Woolf's imagined story about Shakespeare's sister with biographies of actual women who were Shakespeare's contemporaries. She uses daybook illustrations to look at women who weren't trying to make history, but did. Throughout, she shows how feminist historians, by challenging traditional accounts of both men's and women's histories, have stimulated more vibrant and better-documented accounts of the past.--From publisher description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2006100581 |
| ISBN | 9781400041596 |
| ISBN | 1400041597 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ 1121 .U517 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |