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"A convincing revisionist account of the roles of US women in the two decades after WW II. . . . A very interesting rereading of a standard stereotype."—Choice
Author : Sylvie Murray
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,47 MB
Release : 2003-05-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812237184
"A convincing revisionist account of the roles of US women in the two decades after WW II. . . . A very interesting rereading of a standard stereotype."—Choice
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Page : 336 pages
File Size : 24,12 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Socialism
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Author : Gwendolyn Wright
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 30,90 MB
Release : 2012-05-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0307817113
For Gwendolyn Wright, the houses of America are the diaries of the American people. They create a fascinating chronicle of the way we have lived, and a reflection of every political, economic, or social issue we have been concerned with. Why did plantation owners build uniform cabins for their slaves? Why were all the walls in nineteenth-century tenements painted white? Why did the parlor suddenly disappear from middle-class houses at the turn of the century? How did the federal highway system change the way millions of Americans raised their families? Building the Dream introduces the parade of people, policies, and ideologies that have shaped the course of our daily lives by shaping the rooms we have grown up in. In the row houses of colonial Philadelphia, the luxury apartments of New York City, the prefab houses of Levittown, and the public-housing towers of Chicago, Wright discovers revealing clues to our past and a new way of looking at such contemporary issues as integration, sustainable energy, the needs of the elderly, and how we define "family."
Author : Kirstin Olsen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 13,37 MB
Release : 2019-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1440863296
This book illustrates the social change that took place in the lives of women during the Progressive Era. The political and social change of the Progressive Era brought conflicts over labor, women's rights, consumerism, religion, sexuality, and many other aspects of American life. As Americans argued and fought over suffrage and political reform, vast changes were also taking place in women's professional, material, personal, recreational, and intellectual lives. In this installment of Greenwood's Daily Life through History series, award-winning author Kirstin Olsen brings to life the everyday experiences, priorities, and challenges of women in America's Progressive Era (ca. 1890–1920). From the barnstorming "bloomer girls" who showed America that women could play baseball to film star, tycoon, and co-founder of the Academy of Motion Pictures Mary Pickford, and from the highly skilled "Hello Girls"—telephone operators who helped win World War I—to the remarkable journalist and civil rights activist Ida Wells-Barnett, women led both famous and ordinary lives that were shaped by and helped to drive the dramatic social change taking place during the Progressive Era. All of this and more is described in this book through topical sections as well as stories and profiles that reveal to readers the daily lives of America's women who lived during the Progressive Era. Readers will benefit from Olsen's characteristically sharp eye for detail, power of description, and breadth of historical knowledge.
Author : Gwendolyn Wright
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,73 MB
Release : 1983-04-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780262730648
The evolution of housing in America. This book is concerned essentially with the model of domestic environment in this country, as it has evolved from colonial architecture through current urban projects. Beginning with Puritan townscape, topics include urban row housing, Big House and slave quarters, factory housing, rural cottages, Victorian suburbs, urban tenements, apartment life, bungalows, company towns, planned residential communities, public housing for the poor, suburban sprawl.
Author : Emily Matchar
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,13 MB
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 145166544X
An investigation into the societal impact of intelligent, high-achieving women who are honing traditional homemaking skills traces emerging trends in sophisticated crafting, cooking and farming that are reshaping the roles of women.
Author : Ida Minerva Tarbell
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 29,33 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Business & Economics
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Author : Heather Greene
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,87 MB
Release : 2021-10-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0738768804
Follow the Witch Through Decades of American Entertainment Deviant mistress of the dark arts. Goddess worshipper dancing in the moonlight. Crystal-wielding bookworm with a black hat and broom. We recognize the witch because no industry has been quite so influential in shaping our vision of her as Hollywood. This comprehensive book delves into the fascinating history of witchcraft and witches in American film and television. From Joan the Woman and The Wizard of Oz to Carrie and Charmed, author and film scholar Heather Greene explores how these movies and TV shows helped influence the public image of the witch and profoundly affected how women negotiate their power in a patriarchal society. Greene presents more than two hundred examples spanning silent reels to present-day blockbusters. As you travel through each decade, you'll discover compelling insights into the intersection of entertainment, critical theory, gender studies, and spirituality.
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Page : 666 pages
File Size : 19,75 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Education
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Author : Genry Graham Williams
Publisher :
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 22,24 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Education
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