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Book/Printed Material Women in the twentieth century; a study of their political, social and economic activities,

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Title

  • Women in the twentieth century; a study of their political, social and economic activities,

Summary

  • The author discusses women and the labor market, the home economy, consumption, and leisure. In part 1 (devoted to "Women's Use of Spare Time"), the chapter on "The Post-War Development, 1918-1932" (pp. 42-91) concerns women's clubs, the YWCA, the American Home Economics Association, African American women's groups, the National Consumers League, and the National Woman's Trade Union League of America. Chapters in part 2 (devoted to "Women and Gainful Employment," pp. 99-242), cover "Women's Sources of Income," "Women in Selected Manufacturing Occupations," "Women and the World of Business," and "Women and Unemployment." American Memory.

Names

  • Breckinridge, Sophonisba P. (Sophonisba Preston), 1866-1948
  • Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947, former owner
  • United States. President's Research Committee on Social Trends
  • National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1933.

Headings

  • -  Women--United States--Social conditions
  • -  Women--Political activity--United States

Notes

  • -  Lettered on cover: Recent social trends monographs.
  • -  "Published under the direction of the President's Research Committee on Social Trends."--Foreword by the committee.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress web site.

Medium

  • xi, 364 p. 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HQ1419 .B7
  • JK1881 .N357 sec. V, no. 1 Another copy. Inscribed by Maud Wood Park. Bookplate of Carrie Chapman Catt. Gift of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Nov. 1, 1938.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 33017527

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Breckinridge, Sophonisba P, Carrie Chapman Catt, United States President'S Research Committee On Social Trends, and National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection. Women in the Twentieth Century; a Study of Their Political, Social and Economic Activities. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1933. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/33017527/.

APA citation style:

Breckinridge, S. P., Catt, C. C., United States President'S Research Committee On Social Trends & National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection. (1933) Women in the Twentieth Century; a Study of Their Political, Social and Economic Activities. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/33017527/.

MLA citation style:

Breckinridge, Sophonisba P, et al. Women in the Twentieth Century; a Study of Their Political, Social and Economic Activities. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1933. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/33017527/>.