02655nam a22004334a 4500 ebr10364859 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080627s2009 mou sb s001 0 eng 2008028284 9780826218261 (alk. paper) 0826218261 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)647875387 n-us--- PS153.M56 R55 2009eb 810.9/928709041 22 Rich, Charlotte J. Transcending the new woman [electronic resource] : multiethnic narratives in the Progressive Era / Charlotte J. Rich. Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, c2009. viii, 230 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-222) and index. Introduction: The New Woman and progressive America -- Suffragist or "squaw"? : S. Alice Callahan's and Mourning Dove's mediations of feminism and Indian rights -- From race women to an erased woman : Pauline Hopkins's nonfiction polemic and novelistic ambivalence -- A view from the border : Sui Sin Far's interrogation of the progressive new woman -- "The highly original country of the Yanquis" : Mar�ia Cristina Mena and American womanhood -- Escaping the "Torah-made world ": the fiction of Anzia Yezierska -- Conclusion. "Examines multiethnic women writers' responses to the ideal of the New Woman in America at the dawn of the twentieth century, opening up a world of literary texts that lend new insight, revealing how these authors articulated the contradictions of the American New Woman, and how social class, race, or ethnicity impacted women's experiences"--Provided by publisher. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. American fiction Minority authors History and criticism. American fiction Women authors History and criticism. American fiction 20th century History and criticism. Women and literature United States History 20th century. Minorities in literature. Ethnicity in literature. Feminism in literature. Feminist literature History and criticism. Progressivism (United States politics) Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10364859 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 111373 111373