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Author Cogan, Frances B.

Title All-American girl : the ideal of real womanhood in mid-nineteenth-century America / Frances B. Cogan.

Publication Info. Athens : University of Georgia Press, [1989]
©1989

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.42 C676A    Check Shelf
Description x, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction -- Muscles like harp-strings. Physical fitness, health, and the real woman -- Education and real womanhood -- Preparation for the marriage choice -- Courtship and the winnowing process -- Engagement and aftermath -- Employment and the real woman -- Epilogue. The "lost" ideal.
Subject Middle class women -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Middle class women -- United States -- Social conditions.
Feminism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Women in literature.
Indexed Term United States Women Attitudes of society, history
Added Title All American girl
ISBN 082031062X alkaline paper
0820310638 paperback alkaline paper
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