David L. Ransel explores the intersections of women’s history and family history through his personal academic journey, highlighting the significance of women’s roles in historical contexts, particularly within Russian society. He discusses his initial foray into women’s history via the study of charitable institutions founded by Empress Catherine II, which served as a catalyst for …
This book comes very directly from a political movement. The decision to work over some of the territory I had gone through and find out more came out of discussions in women’s liberation and on the left about the situation of women in contemporary capitalism. I felt it would be helpful to try and unravel …
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. …
