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Womanhood in America, from colonial times to the present [by] Mary P. Ryan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, New Viewpoints, 1975.Description: 496 p. 21 cmISBN:
  • 0531053652
  • 053105568X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301.41/2/0973
LOC classification:
  • HQ1410 .R9
Contents:
Introduction : from woman to womanhood -- Adam's rib : women in agrarian society -- Changing roles, new risks : women in commercial America -- Mothers of civilization : the common woman, 1830-1860 -- Workers, immigrants, social housekeepers : women and the industrial machine, 1860-1920 -- The sexy saleslady : psychology and consumption in the twentieth century -- A kaleidoscope of roles : twentieth-century women at work and in the home -- The current snares of sexism : inequality in any class.
Holdings
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks HQ1410.R9 1 Available 33710000309620

Includes bibliographical references.

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Introduction : from woman to womanhood -- Adam's rib : women in agrarian society -- Changing roles, new risks : women in commercial America -- Mothers of civilization : the common woman, 1830-1860 -- Workers, immigrants, social housekeepers : women and the industrial machine, 1860-1920 -- The sexy saleslady : psychology and consumption in the twentieth century -- A kaleidoscope of roles : twentieth-century women at work and in the home -- The current snares of sexism : inequality in any class.