Table des matières:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1. Braving "Sarcasm and Sneers": The Development of the American Clubwomen's Movement; Chapter 2. "The Power to Set Things Going": The Rise of the Collectivist Impulse in American Girls' Fiction; Chapter 3. "Impersonating Their Citizen Brothers": The College Heroine's Rehearsal for Public Life; Chapter 4. Four Girls at Cottage City: Spiritual Collectivism in Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins' Fiction for African-American Girls.
  • Chapter 5. "'Mama! Come An' See the Suffragists!'": Progressive-era Girls' Outdoor Fiction and the Public Display of the Collectivist ImpulseChapter 6. The Secret of the Girl Sleuth: The Women's Community As Focal Point in Depression-era Girls' Fiction; Chapter 7. Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.