1987 American Women in the 1920s: Setting a Course

Description

First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed

First paperback edition.

Signed by the author, with the inscription "To Kat and Joe - with appreciation of them and a woman of the 90s upcoming".

Written by Professor Emeritus of History at Georgetown university, Dorothy M. Brown.

An informative examination of the "new woman" of the 1920s. Brown explores the many different cultural institutions that have always shaped identity: school, family, church and work. In addition, the author compares the experiences of women in the 1920s to the popular images of womanhood illustrated in the media and literature of the time.

Illustrated with photographs of women of the time to accompany the text.