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1 online resource (xiv, 340 pages) : illustrations |
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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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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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-330) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Women -- United States -- History
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Minority women -- United States -- History
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Feminism -- United States -- History
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Women's rights -- United States -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Feminism.
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Minority women.
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Women.
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Women's rights.
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Frauenemanzipation Motiv
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Presse
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Afro-Américain (peuple) -- féminisme -- Etats-Unis -- 1894 -- 1930.
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droits de la femme -- féminisme -- Etats-Unis -- 1894 -- 1930.
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United States.
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USA.
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History.
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Quelle.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Patterson, Martha H., 1966-
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| ISBN |
9780813544946 |
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0813544947 |
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1281776548 |
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9781281776549 |
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9786611776541 |
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6611776540 |
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