The American new woman revisited

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.

שנה

2008

שפה

English

הוצאה

Rutgers University Press

מהדורות

1

עמודים

340

ISBN

9780813542959

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata