History Books


Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation Best Price: $17.35 I was SO excited to get this book and took it on vacation to have a great read. WHAT a...	Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation Best Price: $12.94 I must be the only one who found Ladies of Liberty difficult to read. The ladies and their lives...	A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 Best Price: $6.00 I greatly enjoyed this book, which gave a truly unique and rare perspective into female life in...	The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World: Completely Revised and Updated Best Price: $10.72 This is one of three atlases I am reviewing today, but instead of reviewing the twelve or so in...	Celia, A Slave Best Price: $2.11 I feel that the story of Celia is better than the book. I say that because the book can be very...



Ar'n't I a Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South Best Price: $8.00 Deborah Gray White writes tellingly about the double evils faced by the Black woman of the old...	Born for Liberty Best Price: $7.99 This edition of the text is an improvement on the first edition in its movement away from the...	Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650-1750 Best Price: $6.99 I am a passionate fan of A Midwife's Tale, and so expected to enjoy Good Wives. It is different,...	A History of Women in America Best Price: $4.06 The book was in fine shape as advertised and came in a timely manner Thanks.	Bound Feet & Western Dress: A Memoir Best Price: $5.75 This book was so interesting, I think I read it in less than two days. It shows the changes...



When God Was a Woman Best Price: $4.49 This book is very thought provoking and insightful. It's a good read for anyone interested in...	The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future Best Price: $3.33 I originally read this book several years ago and it transformed my view of the world. It woke...	The Wives of Henry VIII Best Price: $8.95 A few years ago David Starkey wrote a book on Henry VIII's three wives which received much...	We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese Best Price: $5.95 Being a child of the 70's I slept thru most of high school. I'm also a nurse. This book has...	From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America Best Price: $11.98 The theme is interesting, although unsubstantiated and weak. For centuries, Mexican-American...

Cheap Amusements: Working Women and Leisure in Turn-of-the-Century New York Best Price: $15.95 I have given this book 1 out of 5 only because Amazon wouldn't let me give it 0 out of 5. To...	Women, Art, and Society (World of Art) Best Price: $11.00 I was very pleased to see the GREAT condition that this book was in. It looked BRAND NEW. ...	First Generations: Women in Colonial America Best Price: $11.00 So many history books are dry and difficult to read. This was the exact opposite. Carol Berkin...	The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the DecadesBefore Roe v. Wade Best Price: $5.94 For whatever reason, Amazon has not incorporated the reviews from the hardcover edition of this...	Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years : Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times Best Price: $10.56 I ran across this book almost by accident. I was feeling rather glum one day, and I asked my...

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Penguin Classics) Best Price: $6.00 Thanks, it got here quick and is in good condition.	From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America Best Price: $11.98 The theme is interesting, although unsubstantiated and weak. For centuries, Mexican-American...	I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison Best Price: $5.75 I haven't read anything by Wally Lamb in a while and while this book was not exactly written by...	Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern Best Price: $8.07 I love the 1920's, the whole era was such an amazing time of transformation for women and the...	The Book of the City of Ladies Best Price: $5.99 i read this book at a point when i wanted to graduate with honors at my university and had to...

Sisterhood of Spies Best Price: $4.01 Wow! a blockbuster. Women have been used and perused for years. It is good to see that someone...	Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War (The Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies) Best Price: $17.00 In the preface, Faust wonders if after years of acadmic writing she will be able to produce a...	Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America Best Price: $17.18 Honoring over 420 years of signal achievements by American Women If the purpose of "Her...	Lives And Voices: Sources in European Women's History Best Price: $48.00 This unique reader presents primary source documents that offer insights into women's lives...	Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence Best Price: $7.89 Carol Berkin has written a book so interesting that I can cite the women's names and tell their...

Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity Best Price: $7.18 The author does provide good information on the status of women in the ancient world, but has...	Gender and the Politics of History Best Price: $20.98 Joan Scott's "Gender and the Politics of History" is one of the landmark books in the...	America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines (P.S.) Best Price: $5.75 I wish this book had more complete footnotes. It's informative and so well written -- so wry...	Women and The American Experience, A Concise History Best Price: $28.00 I had to read this book for a history course, and I was prepared for another dry, dusty history...	Sisterhood, Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone Wild Best Price: $8.48 This book is simply delicious - Sisterhood, Interrupted truly is brain candy for the thinking...

The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade Best Price: $4.74 This book opened up so much for me. It really showcases what being pregnant and young/unwed...	Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers: The Guerrilla Girls' Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypes Best Price: $13.62 I love the Guerilla Girls site and I love what they stand for. The new book about stereotypes of...	City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London (Women in Culture and Society Series) Best Price: $7.97 Excellent read! This book has everything that we should know about the late Victorian era,...	Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835 (Indians of the Southeast) Best Price: $11.11 Thea Perdue adds an excellent addition to the Indians of the Southeast series by giving a new...	Cinderella's Sisters: A Revisionist History of Footbinding (Philip A. Lilienthal Asian Studies Imprint) Best Price: $11.89 This study is by a Barnard College professor that I heard lecture at the China Institute in New...

Becoming Visible: Women in European History Best Price: $34.79 This book is a wonderful introduction to the role of women throughout European history. Women...	Carr, O'Keeffe, Kahlo: Places of Their Own Best Price: $23.61 This groundbreaking book compares the art, lives, and achievements of three great artists of...	Closer to Freedom: Enslaved Women and Everyday Resistance in the Plantation South (Gender and American Culture) Best Price: $11.69 While the book is interesting, it has some real editing problems with free standing quotes that...	Letters of a Woman Homesteader Best Price: $4.95 Wonderfull stories actually written by Elinore Pruitt Stewart. The woman was a tireless worker...	Parlor Politics: In Which the Ladies of Washington Help Build a City and a Government (Jeffersonian America) Best Price: $10.64 I was lucky enough to be student of Dr. Allgor's for three years and the book was everything I...

Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women Best Price: $10.00 "Why So Slow" is the most useful book I've ever read on gender issues. It is packed...	Soiled Doves: Prostitution in the Early West (Women of the West) Best Price: $2.19 While I was on a tour with a busload of history teachers, I found this gem in a State Historical...	Hope In A Jar: The Making of America's Beauty Culture Best Price: $5.99 The author asks the question "Why are many women so interested in makeup?" and tries...	The Georgetown Ladies' Social Club: Power, Passion, and Politics in the Nation's Capital Best Price: $3.80 EXCELLENT BOOK ABOUT GEORGETOWN AND WASHINGTON DC. WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE READ MORE . THE...	No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women Best Price: $8.00 I initially read this book a few years ago and enjoyed reading it thoroughly! This book is...

Governess: The Lives and Times of the Real Jane Eyres Best Price: $13.85 Far and away, the best thing about this book is the artwork on the cover. The entire book was...	Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement (Pivotal Moments in American History) Best Price: $12.00 Not an easy read, not entertaining on a Winter's Night (stick to Hot Chocolate) this book is as...	Pioneer Women: The Lives of Women on the Frontier Best Price: $11.00 Loved it - especially the photo's and of course the 'story' - makes it easier to understand what...	Liberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750-1800 Best Price: $10.00 Liberty's Daughters is really the combined collection of two books. Part I: The Constant...	The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects Best Price: $13.94 I enjoy Walker's work on mythology - but all too often she introduces glaring errors which cast...

Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood Best Price: $10.26 For the most part it's pretty good. It's a little long winded. Alot of unessesary verbage. I...	Women of the Klan: Racism and Gender in the 1920s Best Price: $12.79 According to author Kathleen Blee, "It is more helpful to understand the second Klan by...	The Killing Fields: Harvest of Women Best Price: $13.96 The information in this book blew me away! As an Amnesty International activist I have known...	Women Travelers: A Century of Trailblazing Adventures 1850-1950 Best Price: $28.27 I read a review of this book in an Australian newspaper and felt that I just had to have it. ...

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