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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Spinsters and Lesbians: Independent Womanhood in the United States

Spinsters and Lesbians: Independent Womanhood in the United States

Franzen, Trisha

Paperback

Series: Cutting Edge: Lesbian Life and Literature, Book 6

GLBTQIA StudiesSexualityWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0814726429
ISBN13: 9780814726426
Publisher: New York Univ Pr
Published: Dec 1 1995
Pages: 258
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.65 Width: 5.31 Depth: 8.11
Language: English

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 Franzen brings to light the remarkable lives of two generations of autonomous women: Progressive Era spinsters and mid-twentieth century lesbians. While both groups of women followed similar paths to independence--separating from their families, pursuing education, finding work, and creating woman-centered communities--they faced different material and cultural challenge and came to claim very different identities. Many of the turn-of-the-century women were prominent during their time, from internationally recognized classicist Edith Hamilton through two early Directors of the Women's Bureau, Mary Anderson and Freida Miller. Maturing during the time of a broad and powerful women's movement, they were among that era's new women, the often-single women who were viewed as in the vanguard of women's struggle for equality.

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