Selected and edited by renowned women's historian Carol Berkin, these brief biographies are designed for use in undergraduate courses. Rather than a comprehensive approach, each biography focuses instead on a particular aspect of a women's life that is emblematic of her time, or which made her a pivotal figure in the era.

Table of Contents

• SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• Introduction
• 1 Pious Pioneering: The Roots of Reform, 1810–1827
• 2 Growing Pains: Teaching and Single Life, 1827–1834
• 3 The Beginning of Antislavery Commitment, 1834–1837
• 4 Oberlin College and the Power of Education, 1837–1840
• 5 The Maturation and Merging of Teaching and Antislavery, 1840–1850
• 6 Women's Rights and Career Achievements, 1850–1860
• 7 The Civil War, Blindness, and Postwar Reform, 1860–1872
• Primary Sources
• STUDY QUESTIONS
• ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY