Dorothy M. Brown - American Women in the 1920s: Setting a Course

Boston, Twayne Publishers, 1987 . First edition. Paperback. A personalised, signed first paperback edition of this exploration of the changes and struggles faced by women in 1920s America, written by Professor Dorothy M. Brown. 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. In the publisher's paperback wraps. Externally, lovely, with light shelf wear and a few spots to the fore edge. Authors inscription to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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