About the Author

Dorothy O. Helly is Professor of History at Hunter College of the City University of New York. Susan M. Reverby is Whitehead Associate Professor of Critical Thought and Director, Women's Studies Program, Wellesley College.

Reviews

"Genuinely feminist and provocative scholarship; in telling the stories of all kinds of women, more and less empowered or oppressed, the essays inspire additional critiques and questions."-Journal of American History