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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819041203321

Autore

McBride Genevieve G.

Titolo

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

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""