The Attitudes of Edward Bok and the Ladies' Home Journal Toward Woman's Role in Society, 1889-1919
Description:
Edward William Bok, the Ladies' Home Journal's editor from 1889 to 1919, remained a confirmed proponent of Victorian womanhood. Yet, dramatic changes in American society made his perceptions increasingly anachronistic and, recognizing this, he reluctantly permitted his magazine's portrayal of woman to change with the times. The first part of the dissertation examines Edward Bok's Victorian attitudes toward woman's role in society. According to him, woman's intellectual, emotional, and physical …
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Date:
August 1982
Creator:
Hummel, Michael D. (Michael Dennis)
Partner:
UNT Libraries