ISBN:
0813544947
,
9780813544946
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 340 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg.]
Parallel Title:
Print version American new woman revisited
DDC:
305.48/800973
Keywords:
Women's rights History
;
Women History
;
Feminism History
;
Minority women History
;
Quelle
;
Anthologie
;
Quelle
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Defining the new woman in the periodical pressWomen'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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-330) and index
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