Download or read book Woman's Proper Place written by Sheila M. Rothman and published by New York : Basic Books. This book was released on 1978 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A social historian reviews women's changing roles since the Civil War, discussing the shifting norms regarding sex, jobs, and childrearing and society's dawning realization of women's needs and capacities.