The Business of Being a Woman
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"The Business of Being a Woman" is a 1912 nonfiction book by muckraking journalist Ida Tarbell that examines women’s roles, work, and social responsibilities in early 20th-century American society.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Business of Being a Woman canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
essay collection
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nonfiction book ⓘ |
| author | Ida Tarbell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstEditionPlace | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
feminist literature
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nonfiction ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
cited in scholarship on Progressive Era gender roles
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discussed in histories of American feminism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapter "The Business of Being a Woman"
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chapter "The Business of Being a Woman: A Re-Statement" NERFINISHED ⓘ chapter "The Growing Discontent of Woman" ⓘ chapter "The Homeless Daughter" ⓘ chapter "The Social Use of the Home" NERFINISHED ⓘ chapter "The Uneasy Woman" ⓘ chapter "The Woman and Democracy" ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
education of women
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social reform ⓘ social value of homemaking ⓘ tension between domesticity and public life ⓘ women and democracy ⓘ women's economic dependence ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general American readership
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middle-class women ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressSubject |
Women—Employment—United States
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Women—Social and moral questions ⓘ Women—United States—Social conditions—20th century ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Progressive Era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
domestic life
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early 20th-century American society ⓘ marriage ⓘ motherhood ⓘ social responsibilities of women ⓘ women's roles ⓘ women's work ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| movement |
Progressive Era reform
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first-wave feminism ⓘ |
| notableAuthorOccupation | muckraking journalist ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 200–250 pages ⓘ |
| placeOfSetting | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1912 ⓘ |
| publisher | Macmillan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | early 20th century ⓘ |
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