America's Women
400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines (Unabridged Selections)
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Narrated by:
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Jane Alexander
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Gail Collins
About this listen
Told chronologically through the compelling stories of individual lives that, linked together, provide a complete picture of the American woman's experience, America's Women is both a great read and a landmark work of history.
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Critic reviews
"Collins...not only expertly chronicles what women have done since arriving in the New World, but how they did it and why. Creating a compelling social history...Collins's work is a fully accessible, and thoroughly enjoyable, primer of how American women have not only survived but thrived." (Publishers Weekly)
"In a vibrant history...as vast and varied as the nation itself, Collins elegantly and eruditely celebrates...a captivating array of influential women." (Booklist)
"Jane Alexander reads this all-encompassing history of American women with just the right amount of humor, indignation, wonder, and disbelief....Alexander is a good match for Collins's style, lending an even pace, great warmth, and a slightly scholarly voice to the history." (AudioFile)
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- KJ
- 05-28-17
Loved it
Interesting, funny, and insightful. I just wish it wasn't abridged. I will likely buy the print copy to use as reference.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Leslie
- 04-21-09
fascinating
A wonderful, fun-to-read overview of women in American history. One of the best books I've listened to and I've listened to a lot. It helped me to choose other women's lives I'd like to read more about. The sad thing is there often aren't the books (at least on audible) which will give me an indepth look at Katie Stanton, Alice Paul or Eleanor Roosevelt--only children's books for these women's lives. I don't know if the books aren't out there or if I just can't find them here. But I digress, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and enjoyed the reader's voice very much.
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- Bella Ventola
- 09-11-19
Textbook for my American Women's History Class
As a textbook this book was great, and I was so glad to have it on here as an audible book. I have to admit if this wasn't something I was assigned to read I wouldn't have finished it. I liked learning about history though and don't regret reading it.
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- Suzie
- 02-02-25
So informative
I only wish this were an unabridged version. Why didn’t they just read the whole book? It’s incredible. Loved Collins use of statistics throughout. Excellent.
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- Advika
- 02-10-13
Gives me perspective
Any additional comments?
I've been listening to a lot of books on relationships and marriage. But I had apparently been looking for something, (without knowing that I was) and wasn't finding it the relationship books. But I found it in the feminist books. And that is perspective. Why our relationships have so many dysfunctions. Why are women so often co-dependent. Why are there so many unrealistic expectations placed on women in relationships. None of these questions were answered by marriage and relationship books, within a broader historical context, even though many of those books were useful in their own ways and filled with good info and good advice, regarding how to simply make it work, despite the difference. But I need a lot more than that. I need to know why is it like that. Then there are questions of women in society. Why do women not value their work as much as men do. Why do we put up with so much abuse and discrimination, still. And why do we get paid less for the same work then men. Only feminist books, so far, have answered these questions with a level of clarity and intelligence that I need to satisfy my genuine need to know the truth.This book paints a retrospect of many pictures and short stories about women's lives in the US, since the first European woman arrived on the mayflower. (The book doesn't talk about the prehistory in the Americas, though mentions the Native American women a little bit.) I found the book very interesting, and easy to read. It adds to the overall pool of information I'm collecting about women's genuine experiences, and personal histories.
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- chkfstrd
- 09-24-20
Ok compilation but over-generalizes
I think she paints the future path of women in a little too rosy a lens; like “look how far we’ve come! Isn’t it great!” She completely omits the challenges we continue to face like the glass ceiling and good old boy network, continued violence against women, restrictions in our health care, and the fact that we still don’t have a woman president.
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- Rosa Farmer-Bonilla
- 12-01-20
Audible does not follow book
The book itself is great. Lots of great stories. But the audio does not follow the actual book and actually is missing whole chapters. I like to listen as I follow along in order to comprehend it better and it was impossible to do.
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- Cindy Timms
- 07-09-17
Should be required reading.
What did you love best about America's Women?
Very human and when information was not available, gaps were not filled in with what the author believed might have happened. She simply says that there is no information on certain people or topics.
What did you like best about this story?
I'm just so grateful that women documented their lives so that we could get an accurate account of our history.
Did the narration match the pace of the story?
I didn't like the voice in the beginning; she bored me. I got used to the narration because the stories are compelling. I guess the voice worked for the context of the book, but it was not as lively as I would have read it.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
I'm just proud to be a woman. I had preconceived ideas about women from books I had read before, and this book gave me insight into their point of view that made so much sense.
Any additional comments?
Again, I wish it were required reading for everyone in history or civics classes. History should be taught through what they were, stories! We learn history by memorizing facts and data instead of the story of the people with their feelings about what was happening. When history is personal it is easy to learn. When it is presented as lists and information to memorize, history is boring. I remember when my 9th grade history teacher said, when you go to college, you get to learn the real stories. He was right, and I never understood why we could not have history taught in the exciting what that events happen.
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- dvcvs
- 02-25-22
Not the entire book, sadly
Great peek into the book but I didn’t carefully read purchase details…I had read the entirety before so okay with it but….
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Pamela
- 04-18-04
Slow going but interesting
The subject matter is interesting to me, but I found it slow to hook the reader. I am learning a tremendous amount and enjoy it each time I listen, but I am not longing for the opportunity to keep my headphones in an extra 10 minutes as I am with some of my other choices. So much of this early history of women in America is relevant and I wish more of it would have made it into the history books I read as a teenager. I am sticking with this book because I think it is worth it.
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