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The American new woman revisited [electronic resource] : a reader, 1894-1930 / edited by Martha H. Patterson.

Contributor(s): Patterson, Martha H, 1966- | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008Description: xiv, 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Women -- United States -- History | Minority women -- United States -- History | Feminism -- United States -- History | Women's rights -- United States -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 305.48/800973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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 1 and its aftermath -- Prohibition and sexuality -- Consumer culture, leisure culture, and technolgy -- Evolution, bith control, and eugenics.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-330) and index.

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 1 and its aftermath -- Prohibition and sexuality -- Consumer culture, leisure culture, and technolgy -- Evolution, bith control, and eugenics.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.