During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, almost nothing was written about the contributions of women during the colonial period and the early history of the newly formed UnitedStates. Lacking the right to vote and absent from the seats of power, women were notconsidered an important force in history. Anne Bradstreet wrote some significant poetry inthe seventeenth century, Mercy Otis Warren produced the best contemporary history of theAmerican Revolution, and Abigail Adams penned important letters showing she exercised great political influence over her husband, John, the second President of the United States.But little or no notice was taken of these contributions. During these centuries, womenremained invisible in history books. Throughout the nineteenth century, this lack of visibility continued, despite the efforts offemale authors writing about women. These writers, like most of their male counterparts,were amateur historians. Their writings were celebratory in nature, and they were uncritical intheir selection and use of sources. During the nineteenth century, however, certain feminists showed a keen sense ofhistory by keeping records of activities in which women were engaged. National, regional,and local women’s organizations compiled accounts of their doings. Personal correspondence,newspaper clippings, and souvenirs were saved and stored. These sources from the core of thetwo greatest collections of women’s history in the United States one at the Elizabeth and ArthurSchlesinger Library at Radcliffe College, and the other the Sophia Smith Collection at SmithCollege. Such sources have provided valuable materials for later Generations of historians. Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenthCentury, most of the writing about women conformed to the “great women” theory of History, justas much of mainstream American history concentrated on “great men.” To demonstrate thatwomen were making significant contributions to American life, female authors singled outwomen leaders and wrote biographies, or else important women produced theirautobiographies. Most of these leaders were involved in public life as reformers, activists working for women’s right to vote, or authors, and were not representative atall of the great of ordinary woman. The lives of ordinary people continued, generally, to beuntold in the American histories being published.Xem nội dung đầy đủ tại:http://123doc.org/document/2926119-de-thi-thu-thpt-quoc-gia-mon-tieng-anh-so-394.htm?page=4
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