Can We Have a Total American History? A Comment on the Achievements of Women's and Gender History.

GENDER studies; WOMEN'S history education; SCHOLARLY method; LEVENSTEIN, Lisa; DAYTON, Cornelia H.

The article presents commentary on the issue's featured essay "The Big Tent of U.S. Women's and Gender History," by Cornelia H. Dayton and Lisa Levenstein. The author reviews the major points which the Dayton and Levenstein address, complimenting the breadth of their essay but also raising additional questions in criticism. Attention is particularly given to the legitimacy of the title of women's and gender history studies, suggesting the term does not properly capture the discipline's scope.