VOLUME 17

NUMBER 02

September 2013

Editors : Kathryn Kish Sklar and Thomas Dublin
Published by Alexander Street Press and the
Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender, SUNY Binghamton

About the Journal | In This Issue

DOCUMENT PROJECTS

What Factors Led to the Success of the Historic 1970 Sex Discrimination Complaint Filed against the University of Michigan?
By Sara Fitzgerald
Abstract | Document List | Introduction

Maud Wood Park Archive: The Power of Organization, Part One: Maud Wood Park and the Woman Suffrage Movement
By Melanie Gustafson
Abstract | Document List | Introduction

BOOK REVIEWS

Review of Across God's Frontiers: Catholic Sisters in the American West, 1850-1920
By Ann M. Butler (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012. 442pp. 45.00, ISBN 978-0-8078-3565-4).
Reviewed by Jean Petit, Hope College

Review of Active Bodies: A History of Women's Physical Education in Twentieth Century America
By Martha H. Verbrugge (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. 391 pp. 55, ISBN: 978-0-19-51679-2).
Reviewed by Leslie Heywood, Binghamton University (SUNY)

Review of Beyond Rosie the Riveter: Women of World War II in American Popular Graphic Art
By Donna B. Knaff (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2012. 214 pp. 34.95 ISBN 978-0-7006-1850-7).
Reviewed by Michelle Moravec, Rosemont College, Philadelphia

Review of Coldwar Progressives: Women's Interracial Organizing for Peace and Freedom
By Jacqueline Castledine (Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2012. 232 pp. 45.00, ISBN 978-0-252-03726-9).
Reviewed by Erik S. McDuffie, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Review of Women's History websites: "Discovering American Women's History Online" and "Albert M. Greenfield Digital Center for the History of Women's Education at Bryn Mawr"
By Women's History websites
Reviewed by Tara M. McCarthy, Central Michigan University

Review of Intelligent Compassion: Feminist Critical Methodologies in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
By Confortini, Catia Cecilia (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. 203 pp., ISBN 978-0-1998-4523-1).
Reviewed by Harriet Alonso, CUNY Graduate Center

Review of Matrons and Maids: Regulating Indian Domestic Service in Tucson, 1914 1934
By Victoria K. Haskins (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2012. 240 pp. 50.00, ISBN 978-0-8165-2960-5).
Reviewed by by Katherine M. B. Osburn, Arizona State University

Review of Mothers of Conservatism: Women and the Postwar Right
By Michelle M. Nickerson (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012. 264 pp. Cloth, 35.00, ISBN: 978-0-6911-2184-0).
Reviewed by Lisa Szefel, Pacific University

Review of The Notorious Elizabeth Tuttle: Marriage, Murder, and Madness in the Family of Jonathan Edwards
By Ava Chamberlain (New York: New York University Press, 2012. 258 pp. 27.95, ISBN: 978-0-8147-2372-2).
Reviewed by Nancy Isenberg, Louisiana State University

NEWS FROM THE ARCHIVES

News

FULL-TEXT DOCUMENTS

A Young Woman Journalist: A Memorial Tribute
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Frances Willard: Her Life and Work
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Progress and Achievement: A History of the Massachusetts State Federation of Women's Clubs, 1893-1962
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The Beautiful Life of Frances E. Willard, A Memorial Volume
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The Complete Club Book for Women
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The Friendships of Women
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The Woman's Club: A Practical Guide and Hand-Book
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The Woman Suffrage Year Book
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The YWCA: An Unfolding Purpose
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W.E.B. DuBois, Disfranchisement
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Woman's Part in Government, Whether She Votes or Not
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Women Wanted: The Story Written in Blood Red Letters on the Horizon of the Great World War
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