Review of Women Oral History: The Frontiers Reader Edited by Susan H. Armitage with Patricia Hart and Karen Wathermon.

Authors

Yuankun Yao, Central Missouri State UniversityFollow

Date of this Version

4-2004

Document Type

Article

Citation

Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, Vol. 2, No.2-April 2004 ISSN: 1541-6224

Comments

©2004 Pro>Active Publications

Abstract

Women's Oral History: The Frontiers Reader is a collection of 21 journal articles. Edited by Susan H. Armitage, with Patricia Hart and Karen Weatherman, the book chronicles the evolution of women's oral history from its beginning in the 1970s to the present. The book documents how oral history provides an alternative perspective on history by uncovering important roles ordinary women have played-roles that have been typically ignored by mainstream history (Clegg, Miller, & Vanderhoof, 1995; Singleton, 1990).