A collection of essays exploring subjects pertaining to women's history, this book considers issues such as waged work, family life, political activism, community building and sexual difference from a multi-cultural perspective.

Unequal Sisters has become a beloved and classic reader in American women's history. It provides an unparalleled resource for understanding women's history in the United States today. This classic work, now in its fourth edition, has incorporated the feedback of end-users in the field, to make it the most user-friendly version to date.

In 1990, Unequal Sisters transformed the landscape of women's history in the U.S. The only work of its kind taking a broad, multicultural view, the book brought together the best in women's & feminist history, & dramatically changed the field. Unequal Sisters has now been revised & expanded, incorporating 18 new essays that, like the first edition, comprise some of the most groundbreaking work in the area. This 2nd edition presents much of the strongest work available on women of color in U.S. history, as well as updated comprehensive bibliographies on women of color -- African American, Asian American, Latinas, & Native American. B&W photos. From here on in, anyone wishing to teach or learn about U.S., history will have to turn to this book.Ó

"Unequal Sisters has become a beloved and classic reader in American Women's History, providing an unparalleled resource for understanding women's history in the United States today. First published in 1990, the book revolutionized the field with its broad multicultural approach, emphasizing feminist perspectives on race, ethnicity, region, and sexuality and covering the colonial period to the present day. Now in its fifth edition, the book presents an even wider variety of women's experiences. This new edition explores the connections between the past and the present and highlights analyses of queerness, trans-gender identity, disability, women and technology, the rise of the carceral state and the bureaucratization and militarization of migration. There is also more coverage of indigenous, Pacific Islander, and Caribbean women, particularly in relation to 20th century activism. This classic work has incorporated the feedback of end-users in the field, to make it the most user-friendly version to date and will be of interest to students and scholars of Women's history, gender and sexuality studies, and the history of race and ethnicity"--

Unequal Sisters has become a beloved and classic reader, providing an unparalleled resource for understanding women’s history in the United States today. First published in 1990, the book revolutionized the field with its broad multicultural approach, emphasizing feminist perspectives on race, ethnicity, region, and sexuality, and covering the colonial period to the present day. Now in its fifth edition, the book presents an even wider variety of women’s experiences. This new edition explores the connections between the past and the present and highlights the analysis of queerness, transgender identity, disability, the rise of the carceral state, and the bureaucratization and militarization of migration. There is also more coverage of Indigenous and Pacific Islander women. The book is structured around thematic clusters: conceptual/methodological approaches to women’s history; bodies, sexuality, and kinship; and agency and activism. This classic work has incorporated the feedback of educators in the field to make it the most user-friendly version to date and will be of interest to students and scholars of women’s history, gender and sexuality studies, and the history of race and ethnicity.

“It gives me a secret pleasure to observe the fair character our family has in the place by Jews & Christians,“Abigail Levy Franks wrote to her son from New York City in 1733. Abigail was part of a tiny community of Jews living in the new world. In the centuries that followed, as that community swelled to several millions, women came to occupy diverse and changing roles. American Jewish Women’s History, an anthology covering colonial times to the present, illuminates that historical diversity. It shows women shaping Judaism and their American Jewish communities as they engaged in volunteer activities and political crusades, battled stereotypes, and constructed relationships with their Christian neighbors. It ranges from Rebecca Gratz’s development of the Jewish Sunday School in Philadelphia in 1838 to protest the rising prices of kosher meat at the turn of the century, to the shaping of southern Jewish women's cultural identity through food. There is currently no other reader conveying the breadth of the historical experiences of American Jewish women available. The reader is divided into four sections complete with detailed introductions. The contributors include: Joyce Antler, Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Alice Kessler-Harris, Paula E. Hyman, Riv-Ellen Prell, and Jonathan D. Sarna.