Gornick, Vivian

Explores the emotional, intellectual, and professional experiences of women in the scientific world.

A biography of Emma Goldman, an anarchist know for her political activism, writing, and speeches, discussing her childhood as an Orthodox Jew born in what is now Lithuania in 1869, the lectures that she gave, and the impact she had on the people.

Chronicles the life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, focusing on her influence on American feminism in the late nineteenth century.

Uses memoirs and essays from the twentieth century to demonstrate how the idea of self has changed over the last one hundred years.