Spinsters and Lesbians : : Independent Womanhood in the United States /

Spinsters and Lesbians : : Independent Womanhood in the United States / / Trisha Franzen.

Americans have long held fast to a rigid definition of womanhood, revolving around husband, home, and children. Women who rebelled against this definition and carved out independent lives for themselves have often been rendered invisible in U.S. history.In this unusual comparative study, Trisha Fran...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
VerfasserIn:
Franzen, Trisha,
MitwirkendeR:
Jay, Karla,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1996]
©1996
Year of Publication:1996
Language:English
Series:The Cutting Edge ; 6
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Progressive Era Spinsters
  • Contemporary Lesbians
  • Introduction. Spinsters and Lesbians
  • ONE. "What Are You Going to Be?"
  • TWO. "I Knew I Was Odd"
  • THREE. "O, the Glorious Privilege of Being Independent"
  • FOUR. "I Was Going to Have to Do It All on My Own"
  • FIVE. "Such Beautiful Lives Together"
  • SIX. "We're Not the Only Ones"
  • SEVEN. Spinsters and Lesbians
  • On Methodology
  • Appendix. Tables
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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