Women’s Perspectives on American History: The Early Stage of the Development of Women’s Studies (1950s-1970s)
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Abstract
The article examines the genesis of women’s history in the United States as an independent scholarly field. It focuses primarily on the process of institutionalizing women’s history within the academic environment, analyzing key stages and thematic directions of research in the 1950s-1970s. The author considers the contributions of scholars such as E. Flexner, J. Wilson James, B. Welter, and others, whose works laid the foundations for the study of women’s history. The article emphasizes the reciprocal influence between the women’s movement and academic research, which is reflected in the thematic focus of scholarly work in the 1960s and 1970s. Special attention is given to issues related to 19th century U.S. history in early women’s history studies, particularly the formation and development of the “cult of true womanhood” and the subsequent social hygiene movement. Based on an analysis of the most significant publications in American historical scholarship of this period, the author demonstrates the evolution of women’s history, from early attempts to “restore” women’s names in history to a comprehensive analysis of gender relations and power structures.
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