four modern American women through two World Wars
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Trigg, Mary K.
- Publish Year
- 2014
- Shelfmark
- VS 1A 2014 - B
- Thesaurus
- feminisme, vrouwenbewegingen, actiegroepen, seksualiteit, relaties, betaalde arbeid, biografische gegevens, tweede wereldoorlog, historisch, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw, 1900-1949
- Description
- In this publication four women are profiled: the author Inez Haynes Irwin, the historian Mary Ritter Beard, the activist Doris Stevens, and Lorine Pruette, a psychologist. Their life-stories embody the changes of the first four decades of the twentieth century. Through these women's intertwined stories, the author traces the changing nature of the women's movement across decades rent by world war, revolution, global depression, and the rise of fascism. Topics involved are e.g. the National Women's Party, sexuality and relations with men, marriage, work and financial independence.