Women and Power in American History From 1870

The Second Edition of Women and Power in American History includes fourteen new articles (six in volume one; eight in volume two) that reflect changing perspectives on women and gender in American history, providing expanded coverage of race, ethnicity, and public policy. A new Worldwide Web section in each volume lists annotated electronic resources relevant to the themes presented in Women and Power. New articles in volume two: "Race and Womanhood: The Woman's Christian Temperance Union and African-American Women in North Carolina," Glenda Gilmore "Rose Schneiderman and Working-Class Women," Annelise Orleck "When Women Arrived: The Transformation of New York's Chinatown," Xiaolan Bao "Ella Baker and Models of Social Change," Charles Payne "A New Women's Movement: The Emergence of a National Organization for Women," Cynthia Harrison "Woman Power Will Stop Those Grapes: Chicana Organizers and Middle-Class Female Supporters in the Farm Workers' Grape Boycott in Philadelphia, 1969-1970," Margaret Rose "State Building, Health Policy, and the Persistence of the American Abortion Debate," Helene Silverberg "What Works: Fair Pay for Working Women," U. S. Department of LaborSklar, Kathryn Kish is the author of 'Women and Power in American History From 1870', published 2001 under ISBN 9780130415813 and ISBN 0130415812.