Daily Life of Women in the Progressive Era

by
Kirstin Olsenauthor

Kirstin Olsen is a history educator and an independent scholar in Santa Cruz, CA. She is author of the award-winning All Things Shakespeare: An Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's World and many other books.

Daily Life of Women in the Progressive Era

20190630

Greenwood

Pages 472
Topics American History: Gender;Women's Studies: Politics and Law;Domestic Life: Pregnancy, Menarche, Childbirth, Childcare, Courtship, Marriage;Economic Life: Household Work, Paid Labor, Work/Family Balance;Intellectual Life: Domestic Education, Schooling, Reading, Writing, Self-Improvement;Material Life: Housing, Transportation, Clothing, Food;Political Life: Women's Rights and Suffrage, Anti-Suffrage Women, Women and the Law, Women and War;Recreational Life: Rural Pastimes, Board and Card Games, Dancing, Films, World's Fairs, Sports, Travel

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Daily Life of Women in the Progressive Era

Author(s): Olsen, Kirstin;
Contributors: Olsen, Kirstin;
Abstract:

This book illustrates the social change that took place in the lives of women during the Progressive Era.


• Ties social history and the experiences of women to one of the most important periods in American History: the Progressive Era

• Includes illustrations that document the everyday life of and attitudes toward women in the Progressive Era

• Documents firsthand the daily lives of women in the Progressive Era via reproduced primary sources

• Tells the story of key events such as the triumph of the suffrage movement from the lives of everyday American women

• Brings to life the "real women" who lived during a period that is well known for its political events but less understood in terms of daily life

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Kirstin Olsenauthor

Kirstin Olsen is a history educator and an independent scholar in Santa Cruz, CA. She is author of the award-winning All Things Shakespeare: An Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's World and many other books.

eISBN-13: 9781440863295
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Print ISBN-13: 9781440863288
Imprint: Greenwood
Pages: 472
Publication Date: 20190630
Series: The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series