Historian, social reformer, and women's suffrage campaigner, Mary Ritter Beard (1876-1958) was one of the most prominent intellectuals of her day. Co-author with her husband, Charles Beard of "The Rise of American Civilization: and other works in US history, she also founded the modern field of women's history. This collection of her letters, offers in effect an intellectual biography which is considered to be better documented and more vivid than any previous book about her. The letters, sharply opinionated on public matters, persons and books, reveal a free-standing thinker whose self-confessed "obsession with women" led her both in and out of step with feminists of her generation. Illuminating many facets of Beard's partnership with her husband, they present just as forcefully her own dramatic passion for advancing knowledge and bringing about social change through the recovery of women's history.
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A founding mother of modern women's history, Beard (1857-1958) also was coauthor with her husband, Charles A. Beard, of such landmark works in U.S. history as The Rise of American Civilization . Although a force behind the World Center for Women's Archives and committed to preserving women's documents and finding locations to house them, Beard was opposed to the publication of her own letters and destroyed many of her personal papers. Cott, history professor at Yale University, has culled 141 of Beard's letters from the files of more than 30 correspondents, arranged them chronologically and added commentary to explain relevant issues and social contexts. Beard is revealed as suffragist, reformer, intellectual, author and wife who accepted the greater fame of her husband. Cott's comprehensive introduction praises Beard for her ground-breaking conviction that ``history looks different through women's eyes.'' The library of feminism is enriched by this book. Photos.
Copyright 1991 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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