Contains primary source material.

Organized by the subject matter and covering a wide range of topics from politics, work, daily life, and war to childhood, family, and love, this collection of letters reveals the depth, breadth, and diversity of women's lives through the ages. Covers the 18th century, the 19th century, Civil War, the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era and women's suffrage, World War I, World War II, and post-war life.