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Peterson, Barbara Bennett – 1989
In 1922, Arthur Schlesinger urged his fellow historians to write women into the history books. He recognized that the size and sweep of women's history offered scholars and students the opportunity of a new major field. His call failed to arouse skeptical minds through the 1940s and 1950s as feminism fell into disrepute. But with the resurgence of…
Descriptors: Activism, Change, Civil War (United States), Colonial History (United States)
