Voices of American Women’s History from Reconstruction to the Present: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life

＂Issues such as abortion, marriage equality, domestic violence, and gender parity are shown from historical and contemporary angles, as this collection of primary sources allows readers and students to easily trace how women’s lives and histories have and continue to intersect. With a historical context for each selection, the book also features structured activities to help teachers with class discussion and exams, including suggestions for further reading, document analysis, essay questions, and manageable research assignments＂--

Kristine Ashton Gunnell is a research affiliate at UCLA’s Center for the Study of Women and a visiting scholar at Claremont Graduate University.