Can we have a total American history?: A comment on the achievements of women’s and gender history

The paper discusses the evolution of women’s history and its integration with gender history, particularly in the context of American historiography over the past four decades. It critiques the current nomenclature of the field, questioning the distinctions and relationships between women’s history and gender history, and emphasizes the need for a comparative and transnational approach. The paper highlights significant contributions and considers how contemporary society’s issues resonate within the studies of race, sexual orientation, and feminist politics.