The Masculine Woman in America, 1890-1935 |
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| Author:
| Behling, Laura L. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-02627-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2001 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.00 |
Book Description:
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The Masculine Woman in America, 1890-1935 examines how the suffrage movement's efforts to secure social and political independence for women were translated by a fearful society into a movement of unnatural ''masculinized'' women and dangerous ''female sexual inverts.''Scrutinizing depictions of the masculine woman in literature and the popular ......
The Masculine Woman in America, 1890-1935 examines how the suffrage movement's efforts to secure social and political independence for women were translated by a fearful society into a movement of unnatural ''masculinized'' women and dangerous ''female sexual inverts.''Scrutinizing depictions of the masculine woman in literature and the popular ......