The American new woman revisited
Subtitle: a reader, 1894-1930
By: edited by Martha H. Patterson.
Contributors: Patterson, Martha H., 1966-
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780813542959; 9780813542966
Subjects: Women -- United States -- History; Minority women -- United States -- History; Feminism -- United States -- History; Women's rights -- United States -- History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.