The American Victorian Woman: The Myth and the Reality
This new socio-historical study explores the dynamics of growing up female in the second half of the nineteenth century—a time when traditional patriarchal standards were beginning to be questioned by small groups of courageous reformers. Donnelly chronicles the lives of middle class and working women—white and black—from childhood to old age, the hardships they endured, their daily activities and their concerns, pleasures, and accomplishments.
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The American Victorian Woman: The Myth and the Reality
This new socio-historical study explores the dynamics of growing up female in the second half of the nineteenth century—a time when traditional patriarchal standards were beginning to be questioned by small groups of courageous reformers. Donnelly chronicles the lives of middle class and working women—white and black—from childhood to old age, the hardships they endured, their daily activities and their concerns, pleasures, and accomplishments.
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The American Victorian Woman: The Myth and the Reality

The American Victorian Woman: The Myth and the Reality

by Mabel C. Donnelly
The American Victorian Woman: The Myth and the Reality

The American Victorian Woman: The Myth and the Reality

by Mabel C. Donnelly

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This new socio-historical study explores the dynamics of growing up female in the second half of the nineteenth century—a time when traditional patriarchal standards were beginning to be questioned by small groups of courageous reformers. Donnelly chronicles the lives of middle class and working women—white and black—from childhood to old age, the hardships they endured, their daily activities and their concerns, pleasures, and accomplishments.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313253270
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 09/17/1986
Series: Contributions in Women's Studies , #71
Pages: 182
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.44(d)
Lexile: 1340L (what's this?)
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