Bicycles, Bangs, and Bloomers : The New Woman in the Popular Press /

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The so-called ""New Woman""--That determined and free-wheeling figure in ""rational"" dress, demanding education, suffrage, and a career-was a frequent target for humorists in the popular press of the late nineteenth century. She invariably stood in contrast t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marks, Patricia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women's rights.
Women > Press coverage.
Feminism.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
Femmes > Droits > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Feminisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Feminisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Women's rights > United States > History > 19th century.
Women's rights > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Women > Press coverage > United States > History > 19th century.
Women > Press coverage > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Feminism > United States > History > 19th century.
Feminism > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
United States.
Great Britain.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction: Queen Victoria's Granddaughter; 1. Women and Marriage: ""Running in Blinkers""; 2. Women's Work: More ""Bloomin' Bad Bizness""; 3. Women's Education: ""Maddest Folly Going""; 4. Women's Clubs: ""Girls Will Be Girls""; 5. Women's Fashions: The Shape of Things to Come; 6. Women's Athletics: A Bicycle Built for One; Conclusion: The New Woman; Works Cited; Index.

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