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When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey Of American Women From 1960 To The Present (2009)

by Gail Collins(Favorite Author)

4.08 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0316059544 (ISBN13: 9780316059541)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Little, Brown and Company

review 1: Very readable narrative history of American women vis-a-vis women's liberation and feminist movements of the second half of the twentieth century. It's a little light on argument, theory, etc., but it's not so much meant for academic audiences. I do think it might work well in one or two of my courses, as it raises any number of important and relevant gender issues that many of my undergrads find easy to engage with. Plus, Collins is an excellent writer who draws effortlessly on the numerous interviews she did for this project. Endless compelling stories that illustrate well this history.
review 2: I read this book as part of a 20th Century American history course. Our professor loves to stir up debate and this was certainly a well-chosen book to do so. The... more stories in the book were interesting and held my attention. As someone studying history and trying to grow into a historian, this book certainly tried my patience at times. Collins focused on the very controversial issues of the women's movement. She studied the radical women, placed them on a pedestal, briefly acknowledged African American women, and pushed her ideas on the reader rather than simply just telling the story. This book is marketed as a history book but should be categorized as a memoir. less

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