The American new woman revisited : a reader, 1894-1930 / edited by Martha H. Patterson.

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Patterson, Martha H, 1966-

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780813544946
0813544947
1281776548
9781281776549
9786611776541
6611776540

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: American new woman revisited.DDC classification:

305.48/800973 22

LOC classification:

HQ1410 .A44 2008eb

Other classification:

HU 1980

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Contents:

Defining the new woman in the periodical press -- Women's suffrage and political participation -- Temperance, social purity, and maternalism -- The women's club movement and women's education -- Work and the labor movement -- World War I and its aftermath -- Prohibition and sexuality -- Consumer culture, leisure culture, and technology -- Evolution, birth control, and eugenics.

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Summary: In North America between 1894 and 1930, the rise of the?New Woman? sparked controversy on both sides of the Atlantic and around the world. As she demanded a public voice as well as private fulfillment through work, education, and politics, American journalists debated and defined her. Who was she and where did she come from? Was she to be celebrated as the agent of progress or reviled as a traitor to the traditional family? Over time, the dominant version of the American New Woman became typified as white, educated, and middle class: the suffragist, progressive reformer, and bloomer-wearing b.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-330) and index.

In North America between 1894 and 1930, the rise of the?New Woman? sparked controversy on both sides of the Atlantic and around the world. As she demanded a public voice as well as private fulfillment through work, education, and politics, American journalists debated and defined her. Who was she and where did she come from? Was she to be celebrated as the agent of progress or reviled as a traitor to the traditional family? Over time, the dominant version of the American New Woman became typified as white, educated, and middle class: the suffragist, progressive reformer, and bloomer-wearing b.

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