The anchor of my life : middle-class American mothers and daughters, 1880-1920 / Linda W. Rosenzweig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenzweig, Linda W., author.

Series:

History of emotion series.

The history of emotions series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mothers and daughters--United States--History.

Mothers and daughters.

Middle class women--United States--History.

Middle class women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [1993]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Relying on women's own words in letters and journals, Rosenzweig refutes the prescriptive literature of the times with its dire predictions of inevitable rifts between Victorian mothers and their daughters, the new women of the twentieth century. Instead Rosenzweig shows us mothers who rejoiced in their daughters' educational successes and, while they did not always comprehend the nature of the changes taking place, were only too happy to see their daughters escape some of their own restrictions and grief. Extremely useful to scholars and teachers of women's history and family history, The Anc

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 ""THE CENTRAL PROBLEM OF FEMALE EXPERIENCE"": INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2 ""MY GIRLS' MOTHERS"": THE EMOTIONOLOGY OF MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIPS, 1880-1920; CHAPTER 3 ""CULTURAL WORK"": MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIPS IN NOVELS; CHAPTER 4 ""A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND"": ADOLESCENT DAUGHTERS AND THEIR MOTHERS; CHAPTER 5 ""I AM SO GLAD YOU COULD GO TO COLLEGE"": THE ""NEW WOMAN"" AND HER MOTHER; CHAPTER 6 ""WE NEED EACH OTHER"": ADULT DAUGHTERS AND THEIR MOTHERS

CHAPTER 7 ""THE REVOLT OF THE DAUGHTERS"": MIDDLE-CLASS ENGLISH MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERSCHAPTER 8 ""MOTHER DROVE US IN THE STUDEBAKER"": AMERICAN MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS AFTER 1920; CHAPTER 9 ""THE ANCHOR OF MY LIFE"": TOWARD A HISTORY OF MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIPS; NOTES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-585-34739-5

0-8147-6949-7

OCLC:

782878045