Download or read book Women and the National Experience written by Ellen Skinner and published by Harpercollins College Division. This book was released on 1996 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reader contains both classic and unusual documents describing the history of women in the United States. They provide dramatic evidence that outspoken women attained a public voice and participated in the development of national events and policies long before they could vote: Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke out for legal equity; Ida Wells Barnett investigated and exposed lynching; Abigail Adams asked her husband to "remember the ladies"; and Amelia Barr wanted to know why "discontented" women were interested in suffrage anyway.