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ISBN: 1400041597

ISBN13: 9781400041596

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

Name: Ulrich is the woman behind the famous quote - and for good reason
Item: Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
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By Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and Betty (trans.) Radice

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Book Overview

From admired historian--and coiner of one of feminism's most popular slogans--Laurel Thatcher Ulrich comes an exploration of what it means for women to make history. In 1976, in an obscure scholarly article, Ulrich wrote, "Well behaved women seldom make history." Today these words appear on t-shirts, mugs, bumper stickers, greeting cards, and all sorts of Web sites and blogs. Ulrich explains how that happened and what it means by looking back at women of the past who challenged the way history was written. She ranges from the fifteenth-century writer Christine de Pizan, who wrote The Book of the City of Ladies, to the twentieth century's Virginia Woolf, author of A Room of One's Own. Ulrich updates their attempts to reimagine female possibilities and looks at the women who didn't try to make history but did. And she concludes by showing how the 1970s activists who created "second-wave feminism" also created a renaissance in the study of history. This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1400041597

ISBN13:9781400041596

Release Date:September 2007

Publisher:Knopf Publishing Group

Length:284 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 8.7"

Related Subjects

Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Feminist Theory Historical Study & Educational Resources Historiography Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Groups Women Women's Studies

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Rated 4 stars
Ulrich is the woman behind the famous quote - and for good reason

By Thriftbooks.com User, April 27, 2009

Ulrich inadvertently made the quote famous, but then more than 20 years later, wrote a book with the same name. Now, she had the opportunity to access history in ways she couldn't before, with innumerable sources. Just had the opportunity to interview Ulrich for my blog site - she has some amazing insights. Definitely enjoyed this book, especially if you're into women's history.

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Good, if incomplete, overview

By Thriftbooks.com User, December 3, 2007

I've seen thousands of those bumper stickers and t-shirts stating (incorrectly, as it turns out), "Well-behaved women rarely make history." (I interned at NOW years ago, and they were everywhere!) Learning the source of the quote, which Ulrich explains in her preface to this book, was alone worth reading this book. From such humble beginnings it came! Ulrich may have bitten off more than she could chew, though, with writing...

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