The Rise of the New Woman: The Women's Movement in America, 1875-1930 (American Ways) - Tapa blanda

This readable overview of women's history from 1875 to 1930 traces the development and eventual success of the women's suffrage movement, from its low tide in the 1872 through its triumph, picking up where Matthews's much-praised Women's Struggled for Equality: The First Phase 1828-1876 left off. * Library Journal * Lively and informative. * Kirkus * ...Matthews...excels at filling in a fascinating background, giving new insights on lesser-known but equally influential people, facts, and situations. * Booklist * ...Cleverly conceived, unpretentious in tone, and engaging in style.... Her book's success rests on its concision, cogency, verve, and pace. * American Historical Review * ...Engagingly written.... Appealing and informative for general audiences, useful and accessible for students, and...enjoyable...for scholars in the field. * H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online * ...An excellent synthesis of the past two decades of scholarship in the social and cultural histories of American women. -- Lois Palken Rudnick, University of Massachusetts, Boston * American Studies * Thoroughly grounded. -- Virginia R. Boynton * The Historian * [An] incisive look at a critical time in American history. -- Donna Seaman * Booklist * It is cleverly conceived, unpretentious in tone, and engaging in style. * Book Review Digest * [W]ill be useful to students seeking an overview or introduction to these issues [women's equality].... Recommended. -- C. A. Kanes, Maine College of Art * CHOICE * Matthews describes the changes within the suffrage movement and how new leaders make the 19th Amendment a reality. The author talks about America's "New Woman" personified by the Gibson Girl, a young lady wearing a white shirt and dark skirt who represents physical and growing financial freedom. -- Kathleen Grant Geib * Tri-Valley Herald * Matthews chronicles the fragmentations within the women's suffrage movement[.] * New York Sun * 'The Rise of the New Woman: The Woman's Movement in America, 1875-1930' by Jean V. Matthews is a book about the changing world of women's rights, opportunities and expectations in the late 1800s and early 1900s. It tells of the winning of the vote and the aftermath of that landmark. The triumphs and tribulations of this 55-year period show the entrance and exit of many feminists and personalities who graced the struggle to attain the 19th amendment and its promise of equality.

Matthews's book chronicles the changing fortunes and transformations of the organized suffrage movement, from its dismal period to its final victory that brought women the vote.