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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gourley, Catherine, 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, [2008]
Series:Images and issues of women in the twentieth century ; v. 2.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of 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.