A collection of essays on the conflict between ideology and actuality in women's domestic lives, throughout the history of the United States. This text also explores the content of domestic labour and domestic production, for both the mistress and female servant of a household.

This text examines the evolving discussion of theory and method in women's history. The articles span from the first articulation of a framework to be designated women's history, to more recent discussion of the concept of gender in history.

Part of a fully indexed 20-volume collection which gathers together significant research contributions on the social, religious and political history of women in the United States, from colonial times to the 1990s.

Part of a fully indexed 20-volume collection which gathers together significant research contributions on the social, religious and political history of women in the United States, from colonial times to the 1990s.

The articles in this volume detail how women of various ethnic and racial groups have managed the necessary combination of economic and familial tasks, in both rural and urban settings. They provide an overview of the continued importance and consequence of women's economic roles.

Part of a fully indexed 20-volume collection which gathers together significant research contributions on the social, religious and political history of women in the United States, from colonial times to the 1990s.

The articles in this volume detail how women of various ethnic and racial groups have managed the necessary combination of economic and familial tasks, in both rural and urban settings. They provide an overview of the continued importance and consequence of women's economic roles.

Part of a fully indexed 20-volume collection which gathers together significant research contributions on the social, religious and political history of women in the United States, from colonial times to the 1990s.