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Important herstory documentary and a GREAT read
This is an anthology of short stories published in women's magazines (Ladies' Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Woman's Home Companion, McCall's, The Crisis) during the time period 1915-1930, all dealing with the problems and struggles of the "new woman"--independent, nontraditional, usually career-minded--that was slowly emerging from the stifled but increasingly obsolete Victorian household. The editor, a professor of both English and Women's Studies, includes an excellent introduction that gives a brief but detailed and well researched history of the women's magazines and why they are not more studied or valued today (as opposed to men's pulps). This is a truly fabulous book, both important as a time document and such a good read! I loved it! Perfect to while away time with on the train to work, on the plane, or in bed at home with a box of chocolates. The stories cover the whole spectra of women's experiences from young career-women starting out and/or wanting to break their particular glass ceiling to lesbian love to ethnic and/or female solidarity to "new" kind of marriages emphasizing equal partnership. Most are well written and still feel fresh but with all the romantic nostalgia flavor of the twenties and the popular fiction style of writing of the time. Give it to your girlfriend, your mom, your grandmother; it's a great gift. I wish Maureen Honey would publish a followup to this book.