Screen LibraryWomen in modern America：a brief history
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| Published: |
Thomson/Wadsworth,
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| Publisher Address: | Belmont, CA |
| Publication Dates: | c2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 4th ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 264 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0155063502 (Student edition : pbk.) 9780155063501 (Student edition : pbk.) |
| Index Number: | D447 |
| CLC: | D447.129 |
| Call Number: | D447.129/B219/4th.ed. |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-250) and index. 1. The emergence of the modern American woman, 1890 -- Women's status in 1890 -- Medicine and sexuality -- The middle-class family -- Employment -- Rural and urban women -- Immigration and ethnicity across the nation -- Race and representation -- 2. Organizers and innovators : reformers, feminists, union leaders, and suffragists, 1890-1920 -- Women's rights and progressivism : a case of give and take -- Women's frailty, special legislation, and maternal feminism -- Racism and elitism in Anglo-American women's organizations -- Diversity in ethnic and Black women's organizations -- The artists |