From Pocahontas to Power Suits: Everything You Need to Know about Women's History in America

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Plume, 1995 - History - 325 pages
This new book is sure to surprise and enlighten readers as it explores the rich history of American women over the past four centuries, from Susan B. Anthony to Susan Brownmiller, Jane Addams to Jane Roe, Eleanor Roosevelt to Eleanor Smeal.

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Contents

From Pocahontas to the American Revolution
1
Life in the Young Nation
20
Stirrings of Change
44
Copyright

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About the author (1995)

Kay Mills, freelance writer, worked for the Los Angeles Times for 13 years, including a stint on its editorial board. She has a B.A. in political science from Pennsylvania State University and an M.A. in history from Northwestern University. In addition to her work at the Times, Mills worked for Senator Edmund Muskie during the 1970s and for the Newhouse newspaper chain. Kay Mills's books include A Place in the News: From the Women's Pages to the Front Page and This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer, a biography of the civil rights activist from Mississippi.

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