Reshaping Women’s History: Voices of Nontraditional Women Historians

“One gasps at the life-threatening illnesses, the wrong turns, and the array of discrimination these authors face. At the next moment, the reader cheers them on, wanting to celebrate every success and intellectual discovery. The combined elements of horrific challenges, in some cases, and redemption in all of them make for a rich autobiographical experience that powerfully stirs the reader.”–Bonnie G. Smith, author of The Gender of History: Men, Women, and Historical Practice