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Eve's Century : A Sourcebook of Writings on Women and Journalism 1895-1950.
Title:
Eve's Century : A Sourcebook of Writings on Women and Journalism 1895-1950.
Author:
Varty, Anne.
ISBN:
9780203013892
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (439 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Illustrati-ons -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The New Century -- 'The So-Called Twentieth Century,' editorial, Queen, The Lady's Newspaper (London), 6 January 1900 -- 'Where the New Century Will Really Begin,' John Ritchie, Jr., Ladies' Home Journal (Philadelphia), January 1900 -- 'Progress of the American Woman,' Elizabeth Cady Stanton, North American Review (New York), December 1900 -- 'The Two Centuries and This Magazine,' Edward Bok, Ladies' Home Journal (Philadelphia), January 1901 -- 'The Last Day of the Nineteenth Century. The Form of Prayers used at St. Paul's,' unsigned, Queen, The Lady's Newspaper, 5 January 1901 -- 'Greetings for the New Century,' Englishwoman's Review (London), 15 January 1901 -- 2 Futures -- 'The Twentieth Century Woman,' Mrs E. Lynn Linton, Great Thoughts and Christian Graphic (London), 23 February 1895 -- 'The Position of Woman in the Twentieth Century,' Lady Henry Somerset, Great Thoughts and Christian Graphic (London), 23 February 1895 -- 'Women in the Twentieth Century. A Forecast,' Florence Balgarnie, Great Thoughts and Christian Graphic (London), 2 March 1895 -- 'The Twentieth Century Woman,' Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Woman's Journal (Boston), 5 January 1901 -- 'The Future of Society,' Lady Jeune, Lady's Realm (London), January 1902 -- 'What May Happen In The Next Hundred Years,' John Elfreth Watkins, Jr., Christmas Ladies' Home Journal (Philadelphia), December, 1900 -- 'The Courtship of Lord Arthur Armstrong,' E.F. Benson: illustrated by Edmund J. Sullivan, Gentlewoman Christmas number (London), 25 December 2000 [1900] -- 3 Retrospects -- 'A Nineteenth Century Valedictory,' H.B.B., Woman's Journal (Boston), 29 December 1900 -- 'The Closing Century - Its Losses and Its Gains,' editorial, Englishwoman's Review (London), 15 October 1900.

'American Women as Inventors', Elizabeth L. Banks, Cassell's Magazine (London), June 1901 -- 'Woman: Some Phases and Crazes,' Lady Jeune, Gentlewoman: Old and New Century Number (London), 5 January 1901 -- 'Woman in Science,' Miss Agnes M. Clerke, Gentlewoman: Old and New Century Number (London), 5 January 1901 -- 'Woman and the Law,' Dr J.G. Shipman, LL.D, MP, Gentlewoman: Old and New Century Number (London), 5 January 1901 -- 'Woman and the Stage,' Mrs Kendal, Gentlewoman: Old and New Century Number (London), 5 January 1901 -- 'Woman and Fashion,' Juno, Gentlewoman: Old and New Century Number (London), 5 January 1901 -- 'Woman in Literature,' Mrs Wilfrid Meynell, Gentlewoman: Old and New Century Number (London), 5 January 1901 -- 'Children in the Century,' Mrs Jack Johnson, Gentlewoman: Old and New Century Number (London), 5 January 1901 -- 'Woman and Education,' Miss Mabel Hawtrey, Gentlewoman: Old and New Century Number (London), 5 January 1901 -- Compendium of Dates for the Century, from Woman's Suffrage Calendar for 1899, ed. Helen Blackburn (Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith - London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, and Co Ltd., 1898) -- 4 Politics -- 'An Independent Woman,' Annie S. Swan, 'Woman at Home (London), December 1899 -- 'The Woman Suffrage Movement,' Miss Helene Reinherz, Humanitarian (London), September 1900 -- 'Why Women are Employed in Factories in the United States,' Englishwoman's Review (London), 17 April 1900 -- 'Unwomanly Employments,' Priscilla E. Moulder, an ex-factory worker, Womanhood (London), August 1901 -- 'Famous Women Dramatists,' Woman's Life (London), 22 December 1900 -- 'The Woman's International Conference,' Sarah A. Tooley, Lady's Realm (London), May 1899 -- 'Old Women,' Louisa Lawson, leader article, Dawn (Sydney), November 1891 -- 'Sovran Woman,' Marie Corelli, Lady's Realm (London), July 1901.

'What We Women Owe Our Queen,' Hon. Mrs Henry Chetwynd, Lady's Realm (London), July 1899 -- 5 Colonials -- 'Besieged in Kumassi,' Lady Hodgson, Lady's Magazine (London), January 1901 -- 'Some Ladies of South Africa,' Marie A. Belloc, Lady's Realm (London), January 1900 -- 'Women's Medical Work in India,' Mrs Frank Penny, author of 'Caste and Creed,' Monthly Packet (London), September 1891 -- 'Pioneer Women In India: Being Outline Sketches Of Their Work And Life. I,' Mrs Diver, Womanhood (London), December 1900 -- 'Cruelty of Hindoo Child-Marriage,' H.B.B., Woman's Journal (Boston), 16 February 1901 -- 'The Colonial Dame, Her "High Living" and her Noble Life,' Mrs Ella Morris Kretschmar, Good Housekeeping (Springfield, Massachusetts, New York, Chicago), November 1902 -- 'The Cricket and the Lion. As Told by an Old Indian Woman from Mexico' translated by Katherine A. Chandler, [children's page] Good Housekeeping (Springfield, Massachusetts, New York, Chicago), July 1902 -- 6 War -- 'Women's Work in South Africa. Interview with Mrs Richard Chamberlain,' Edwin Collins, Womanhood (London), December 1900 -- 'Woman And War,' Olive Schreiner, Woman's Home Companion (New York), November 1914 -- 'How Can I Do My "Bit"? An Editorial Answer to the American Housewife,' Ladies' Home Journal (Philadelphia), June 1917 -- 'His Christmas Letter to His Mother. The Letter of a 19-Year-Old Ambulance Driver "Somewhere in France",' Ladies' Home Journal (Philadelphia), December 1917 -- 7 Girls -- 'Manual Training in Girls' Schools,' Mrs Arthur Francis, Woman's Signal (London), 3 November 1898 -- 'Domestic Economy in Schools,' Mary C. Tabor, Woman's Signal (London), 15 December 1898 -- 'Some Recollections of My Schooldays,' Sarah Grand, Lady's Magazine (London), January 1901 -- 'The Girl Ranchers of California,' W.F. Wade, Lady's Magazine (London), June 1901.

'The Ideals of the American School-Girl,' Miss Catherine Dodd, National Review (London), June 1901 -- 'What Shall We Do With Our Daughters?' Dr Frank Crane, Woman's World (Chicago), January 1914 -- 8 Christmas -- 'Christmas on The Mayflower,' Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Woman's Journal (Boston), 29 December 1900 -- 'Cookery. Menu for a Christmas Supper,' Woman at Home (London), December 1899 -- 'How to Dress a Christmas Tree for Thirty Shillings,' Woman's Life (London), 22 December 1900 -- 'Amusing Xmas Games for Little People,' Woman's Life (London), 9 December 1899 -- 'The Christmas Card Craze,' Mrs E. T. Cook, Woman at Home (London), December 1899 -- 9 Advertising -- 'Ladies who Preach', Woman's Signal (London), 20 October 1898 -- 'Girls that Whistle', Woman's Life (London), 15 December 1900 -- 'Gentlewomen in Business', Lady's Magazine (London), February 1901 -- 10 Reference -- A nineteenth century bibliography of suffrage journals from the Englishwoman's Review: 15 January 1900 -- 15 July 1900 -- 15 October 1900 -- Selected Biographies -- Selected Further Reading.
Abstract:
This unique collection of extracts is taken from women's journals and magazines - both British and American - on the eve of the twentieth century. Arranged by subject, the collection focuses on what this pivotal moment represented for women and includes an introduction to women's journalism of the period. The rapidly changing conditions then surrounding a woman's world are illustrated here by sections on: * monarchy * women and war * colonial women * the politics of emancipation * and girlhood.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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