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Author Banner, Lois W.

Title Women in modern America : a brief history / Lois W. Banner.

Imprint San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ©1984.

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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  305.42 BAN    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.42 B219W    Check Shelf
Edition 2nd ed.
Description ix, 294 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Emergence of the modern American woman: the 1890s -- American woman from 1900 to the First World War: a profile -- Women as organizers and innovators: suffrage, reform, and feminism, 1890-1920 -- 1920s: freedom or disillusionment? -- Women in depression and war: 1930-1945 -- Feminism comes of age: 1945-1984.
Summary This book examines the broad themes that have shaped women's experiences in the United States from 1890 to the present day, as well as how a wide variety of women have both created and responded to shifting, often controversial cultural, political, and social roles. - Publisher.
Subject Women -- United States -- History.
Women's rights -- United States -- History.
Feminism -- United States -- History.
Feminism. (OCoLC)fst00922671
Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
Women's rights. (OCoLC)fst01178818
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4
Frau.
United States.
Chronological Term Geschichte (1890-1984)
Indexed Term Women Social conditions History
United States
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Online version: Banner, Lois W. Women in modern America. 2nd ed. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ©1984 (OCoLC)654738493
ISBN 0155961969 (pbk.)
9780155961968 (pbk.)
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