The revolution in manners and morals that took place in America during the Twenties profoundly changed women's lives. Large scale redefinitions of women's social and sexual roles challenged Victorian ideas about female identity, allowing women to be regarded in new sexual lights. At the same time...
America was a conservative and consumptive society in the 1920s.However,we have found that the American working women still made a progress in improving their status in the ten years,especially in professional positions.In the most important,social acceptance of women employment has had a profound...
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction: Directed by Frederic Raphael, Tony Richardson, Ken Russell. With Melanie Griffith, James Woods, Carmen Segarra, Felipe García Vélez. Three short stories, each focused on a man and a woman. The first is set in the 19
Presbyterian women in America : two centuries of a quest for status Lois A. Boyd and R. Douglas Brackenridge (Contributions to the study of religion, no. 9... LA Boyd 被引量: 0发表: 2015年 Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam "Ferdinand Magellan's fateful landfall on Guam, the first...
By 1918 women had acquired equal suffrage with men in 15 states. 1 of 3 Nineteenth AmendmentThe Nineteenth Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in the United States.(more) 2 of 3 Women voting in New York CityWomen casting their votes in New York City, c. 1920s. (more) 3...
Every March, people in the United States celebrate the achievements and history of women as part of Women’s History Month.
In her history of birth control in America, Linda Gordon (1976) argues that feminist efforts to gain political power through suffrage, and power within the family through birth control, were a response to rapid industrialization; by gaining power and control, women might bolster the family and ...
Historiography - Women’s history: In the 19th century, women’s history would have been inconceivable, because “history” was so closely identified with war, diplomacy, and high politics—from all of which women were virtually excluded. Although there
Women’s Equality Day celebrates the year the 19th Amendment gave (most) women the right to vote—but travel was often a different matter entirely.
Women have had to struggle and fight hard for the right to study and practice medicine, and Black women in America have had to face the double barriers of racism and sexism in this struggle. […] The Rational Dress Reform Movement How did women’s fashion change from the restrictive ...