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Author Gourley, Catherine, 1950-

Title Flappers, and the new American woman : perceptions of women from 1918 through the 1920s / Catherine Gourley.

Publication Info. Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J305.409 GOURLEY    Check Shelf
Description 144 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Series Images and issues of women in the twentieth century ; v. 2
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-139) and index.
Contents Prologue: Armistice Day, November 11, 1918 -- Modern girls and the media -- Happy housewives and delicate women -- Morals and manners -- Beauty in the eye of the beholder -- The backlash against modern times -- Epilogue: Change and continuity and what comes next.
Subject Women -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Nineteen twenties -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Women -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Nineteen twenties.
ISBN 9780822560609 library binding
0822560607 library binding
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