Root of Bitterness: Documents of the Social History of American Women

Root of Bitterness: Documents of the Social History of American Women by Cott, Nancy F.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781555532567.

Presenting a diverse collection of documents, Root of Bitterness reaches from the colonial era through the nineteenth century, focusing on six dominant themes: womens work, the power of gender, the physical body, womens collective efforts, diversity and conflict among women, and womens relation to state authority. This edition contains about twenty selections from the original volume and almost sixty new ones.