Women, Families, and Communities, Volume II, from 1865 : Readings in American History (Women, Families & Communities from 1865)

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Summary: Excellent Readings providing womens' contexts to history
Review: Hewitt's Women, Families and Communities provides an excellent survey showing important female contributions to American culture and history. Yes it has open ended questions. History is not merely names dates and issues. Any student of history who thinks that all answers are definitive misunderstands the historical dialogue. Hewitt provides questions which can guide the student in developing analytical skills in discussing the readings. I have used this text in several survey courses and female students who could not relate to the top down male dominated history frequently covered in primary texts, came to life in discussing these readings. This book of readings will not provide a comprehensive history, not even a comprehensive women's history. It does provide contextual resources which, when used with a primary text, provides insights into everyday life, family life and the significant role of women throughout America's history

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Summary: Women, Families, and Communities "A student review"
Review: I have just finished reading this book for a Modern History class at Kent State University. I found the book to be very poorly written , it is not a book that I would reccomend. If you are an educator and are thinking of using this as a resource in your classroom, think again. The questions for study and review at the end of each chapter are very open ended and hard to answer precisely. My first reaction was to say that "The person who wrote questions, did not read the book!!". A quick poll of students in the class revealed that everyone has essentially the same opinion, including the instructor. I have read many similar text and this is by far the worst of the lot. ...