'Dear Mrs. Griggs' : women readers pour out their hearts from the heartland / / Genevieve G. McBride & Stephen R. Byers

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819041203321
• Autore: McBride Genevieve G.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milwaukee, [Wisconsin] : , : Marquette University Press, , [2014]; ©[2014]
• ISBN: 0-87462-039-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (371 p.)
• Collana: Diederich studies in media and communication ; ; Number 4
• Disciplina: 305.40977
• Soggetti: Women - Middle West - Social conditions - 20th century; Women - Middle West - Social life and customs - 20th century; Advice columns - Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Advice columnists - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""'Dear Mrs. Griggs' cover""; ""'Dear Mrs. Griggs' half title""; ""'Dear Mrs. Griggs,' by Genevieve G. McBride & Stephen R. Byers""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Prologue: From the 'Gilded Age' to the 'Jazz Age' and the Front Page, 1891-1933""; ""2. 'Dear Mrs. Griggs and the Great Depression, 1934-1940""; ""3. Women Readers, the War, and the Recovery, 1941-1948""; ""4. Postwar Prosperity and the 'Problem That Has No Name,' 1949-1960""; ""5. The Sixties Engender Debate on Sex and Gender, 1961-1970""; ""6. The Modern Women's Movement and Writing on Their Rights, 1971-1980""""7. The End of the ERA and the End of Era in Milwaukee 1981-1985""; ""8. Conclusions and Epilogue, 1985-1991""; ""Bibliography""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Index""