Reclaiming Clio : making American women's history, 1900-2000 / Jennifer Banning Tomás.

Author/creator Tomás, Jennifer Banning author.
Format Book
PublicationChapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2025]
Copyright Date©2025
Descriptionxv, 474 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Frameworks. Introduction: Looking Back at the Making of US Women's History from 2025 ; Rethinking the Midcentury Doldrums Narrative of American Women's History -- Pioneers. Pioneer Scholars, Masculine Paradigm, Northern Contexts, 1900-1960s ; Pioneer Scholars, Masculine Paradigms, Southern Contexts, 1920s-1960s ; Seeds Were Planted: Women in the Archives, 1935-1970 ; Producing Notable American Women, 1955-1971 ; Feminist Historians: Politics, Power, and the History of Women, 1900-1968 -- Founders and Institution Builders. New Feminist Historians Have Just Begun to Be Heard, 1969-1973 ; Organizing for Women's History, 1973-1987 ; Usable Pasts: Feminism, Teaching, and Curriculum Development -- Legacies at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century. The Power and Scope of Women's History: Grappling with Difference during the Long Culture Wars ; Women's History in the Public Eye in an Era of Polarized Politics, 1972-2000 -- Appendix: List of Attendees, "Graduate Training in U.S. Women's History: A Conference Report."
Abstract "Women's history traveled a long and fascinating path before it became a respected and recognized academic field in twentieth-century America. This book explores the field's development as a multiracial and multigenerational effort, going beyond the careers of individual women historians to focus on how the discipline itself took shape. Focusing on the crucial period between 1900 and 1968, Jennifer Banning Tomás shines a light on the work performed by archivists and professional historians that gave women's history its own identity and legitimacy. The women in Reclaiming Clio laid the groundwork for the field's remarkable expansion during the final wave of twentieth-century feminism after 1970, when a genuine movement for women's history emerged. Their contributions made the later success of women's history possible. Tomás reveals the dedication and vision that turned women's history into the thriving, influential field it is today"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formebook version : 9781469686059
LCCN 2025015431
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ISBNelectronic book
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Standard identifier# CIPO000302899

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