These Modern Women: Autobiographical Essays from the Twenties Second Edition / Edition 2

by Elaine Showalter

Overview

In 1926-27, The Nation published these seventeen anonymous essays by "women active in professional and public life." At that time The Nation editors noted that, "Our object is to discover the origin of their modern point of view toward men, marriage, children, and jobs." In the introduction, Elaine Showalter discusses the issues raised—from alcoholism to celibacy, from mother-daughter relationships to politics—and identifies and examines the lives of the authors, among whom are Crystal Eastman, Mary Austin, and Genevieve Taggard.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781558610071
Publisher:	Feminist Press at CUNY, The
Publication date:	01/01/1993
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	16 - 17 Years

Editorial Reviews

"[This is] an exciting book, painful and exhilarating too. What do they have to tell us, these letters from the feminist attic? Why publish them now? For a number of reasons. First, experience is not all that different. These essays record the continuing effort necessary if women are to become the human creatures they want to be." — Elizabeth Janeway, author of Daisy Kenyon

"These brief, often bitter-sweet reflections on their lives by a group of 1920s feminists reveal aspects of our struggle from a time that is too readily overlooked. Elaine Showalter's provocative and interesting introduction makes clear that we neglect this period at our peril. In calling our attention to facts we might prefer to ignore, Showalter performs an important service." — Alix Kates Shulman, author of Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen

"[This is] an exciting book, painful and exhilarating too. What do they have to tell us, these letters from the feminist attic? Why publish them now? For a number of reasons. First, experience is not all that different. These essays record the continuing effort necessary if women are to become the human creatures they want to be." — Elizabeth Janeway, author of Daisy Kenyon

"These brief, often bitter-sweet reflections on their lives by a group of 1920s feminists reveal aspects of our struggle from a time that is too readily overlooked. Elaine Showalter's provocative and interesting introduction makes clear that we neglect this period at our peril. In calling our attention to facts we might prefer to ignore, Showalter performs an important service." — Alix Kates Shulman, author of Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen

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