Portraits of American Women

In Portraits of American Women, editors G. J. Barker-Benfield and Catherine Clinton present twenty-five short essays on American women beginning with Pocahontas and ending with Betty Friedan.

Focusing on women who have made significant contributions in the areas of art, literature, political engagement, educational activities, or reform movements, the portraits provide a vital perspective through which the great panorama of social change in the American past can be understood.