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 Barbados
• 2 Brooklyn
• 3 All Politics Is Local
• 4 Black Power
• 5 New York State Assemblywoman
• 6 I Am Woman
• 7 An Unquiet Congresswoman
• 8 Testing the Presidential Waters
• 9 On the Chisholm Trail
• 10 Political and Personal Transformations
• Conclusion
• Primary Documents
• STUDY QUESTIONS
• BIBLIOGRAPHY