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Author Matthews, Glenna.

Title "Just a housewife" : the rise and fall of domesticity in America / Glenna Matthews.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.4209 M439J    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 281 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-262) and index.
Contents The emergence of a new ideology -- The golden age of domesticity -- Domestic feminism and the world outside the home -- Toward an industrialized home -- Darwinism and domesticity: the impact of evolutionary theory on the status of the home -- The housewife and the home economist -- Domesticity and the culture of consumption -- Naming the problem -- Afterword -- Appendix.
Subject Women -- United States -- Social conditions.
Housewives -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Housewives -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Indexed Term United States Married women Social conditions, 1953-1964
ISBN 0195038592 alkaline paper
9780195038590 alkaline paper
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