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A fresh, multicultural reading of the work of women writers of the Progressive era that places their fiction in the context of their reform journalism and political activism.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. "Her Rightful Place in the New Scheme of Things": Native American Women's Journalism in the Dawes Era 2. "'Wantin' to Wear th' Breeches and Boss th' Hull Shebang'": Reservations and Romance in Mourning Dove's 3. "The Democracy for Which We Have Paid": Jessie Fauset and World War I Controversies in the African American Press 4. "An 'Honest-to-God' American": Patriotism, Foreignness, and Domesticity in Jessie Fauset's Fiction 5. "Why Should You Ask for Ease?": Jewish Women's Journalism in the English-Language Press 6. "Mingling with Her People in Their Ghetto": Immigrant Aid and the New Woman in Jewish Women's Fiction Afterword Notes Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 29/11/2000
      ISBN13: 9780231118514, 978-0231118514
      ISBN10: 0231118511
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      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A fresh, multicultural reading of the work of women writers of the Progressive era that places their fiction in the context of their reform journalism and political activism.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Introduction 1. "Her Rightful Place in the New Scheme of Things": Native American Women's Journalism in the Dawes Era 2. "'Wantin' to Wear th' Breeches and Boss th' Hull Shebang'": Reservations and Romance in Mourning Dove's 3. "The Democracy for Which We Have Paid": Jessie Fauset and World War I Controversies in the African American Press 4. "An 'Honest-to-God' American": Patriotism, Foreignness, and Domesticity in Jessie Fauset's Fiction 5. "Why Should You Ask for Ease?": Jewish Women's Journalism in the English-Language Press 6. "Mingling with Her People in Their Ghetto": Immigrant Aid and the New Woman in Jewish Women's Fiction Afterword Notes Bibliography Index

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