Mara
01-13-2009, 01:55 PM
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Okay, it looks like this book is finally coming out. (Today, I think, although Amazon shows it as still being in pre-order. (http://www.amazon.com/Women-Making-America-Heidi-Hemming/dp/0982127103/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231857626&sr=8-1)
It's called "Women Making America" and it's a textbook on womens' history written for a high school /early college level. The book is written by two fantastic, brilliant women who are sort of related to me, and they were troubled that womens' history was only being taught at higher levels, when it should be addressed earlier.
I, personally, read through and edited about 2/3 of the book about a year ago, when it was still being proofed. I found it intensely interesting and readable. It is one of the few history books I've read that really explores what people do all day, from when they get up in the morning until they go to bed at night, throughout their entire lives. It does discuss ground-breaking, famous women, but it also explores how women who never made headlines still supported and influenced the world. There are also lots of pretty pictures.
You can see the website for the book here (http://www.womenmakingamerica.com/), and you can download and read the first couple of chapters to see what it is like.
Anyway, check out the book if you are interested, or (at least) recommend it to friends or teachers who might be interested. My relatives have dedicated the last five or six years to this, and I think they did an amazing job.
Okay, it looks like this book is finally coming out. (Today, I think, although Amazon shows it as still being in pre-order. (http://www.amazon.com/Women-Making-America-Heidi-Hemming/dp/0982127103/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231857626&sr=8-1)
It's called "Women Making America" and it's a textbook on womens' history written for a high school /early college level. The book is written by two fantastic, brilliant women who are sort of related to me, and they were troubled that womens' history was only being taught at higher levels, when it should be addressed earlier.
I, personally, read through and edited about 2/3 of the book about a year ago, when it was still being proofed. I found it intensely interesting and readable. It is one of the few history books I've read that really explores what people do all day, from when they get up in the morning until they go to bed at night, throughout their entire lives. It does discuss ground-breaking, famous women, but it also explores how women who never made headlines still supported and influenced the world. There are also lots of pretty pictures.
You can see the website for the book here (http://www.womenmakingamerica.com/), and you can download and read the first couple of chapters to see what it is like.
Anyway, check out the book if you are interested, or (at least) recommend it to friends or teachers who might be interested. My relatives have dedicated the last five or six years to this, and I think they did an amazing job.