Anderson, Bonnie S. : City University of New York Brooklyn College
Zinsser, Judith P. : Miami University
Summary
This classic two-volume history explores the ways that gender has shaped women's lives more than any other single
factor, including class, religion, ethnicity, and nationality. Following this premise, the book is organized within
only a loose chronology, with chapters categorized instead by women's place and function in society.
Volume Two covers the fifteenth century to the present and includes topics such as the roles of female monarchs
and women of the court; the application of the new tools of the Scientific Revolution to 'prove' traditional views
of women; parlor life of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and wealthy women's early work in the arts and
social services; the impact of city-living and the Industrial Revolution on women's roles and family life; and
the emergence, evolution, and impact of the modern feminist movement.
Lively and engaging, this is the ideal text for general courses on women's studies and women's history and more
specialized courses focusing on European history.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
VI. Women of the Courts: Rulers, Patrons, and Attendants
1. The World of Absolute Monarchs from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries
2. The Life of the Courtier
3. The Traditional Life in a Grand Setting: Wife and Queen Consort
4. Women Rulers
5. New Opportunities
6. The Legacies of Renaissance Humanism and the Scientific Revolution
VII. Women of the Salons and Parlors: Ladies, Housewives, and Professionals
1. Women in the Salons
2. Women in the Parlors
3. Leaving the Parlors
4. Opportunities and Limits: Challenge and Tradition in the Twentieth Century
VIII: Women of the Cities: Mothers, Workers, and Revolutionaries
1. Family Life
2. Earning Income
3. Revolutions and Reforms
4. Community and Change: Women in World War II and After
IX. Traditions Rejected: A History of Feminism in Europe
1. Feminism in Europe
2. Asserting Women's Humanity: Early European Feminists
3. Asserting Women's Legal and Political Equality; Equal Rights Movements in Europe
4. Feminist Socialism in Europe
5. The Women's Liberation Movement
