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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Predicate Object
instanceOf essay collection
nonfiction book
author Ida Tarbell NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstEditionPlace New York City NERFINISHED
form prose
genre feminist literature
nonfiction
social commentary
hasCriticalReception cited in scholarship on Progressive Era gender roles
discussed in histories of American feminism
hasPart chapter "The Business of Being a Woman"
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
social reform
social value of homemaking
tension between domesticity and public life
women and democracy
women's economic dependence
intendedAudience general American readership
middle-class women
language English
libraryOfCongressSubject Women—Employment—United States
Women—Social and moral questions
Women—United States—Social conditions—20th century
literaryPeriod Progressive Era NERFINISHED
mainSubject domestic life
early 20th-century American society
marriage
motherhood
social responsibilities of women
women's roles
women's work
mediaType print
movement Progressive Era reform
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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Ida Tarbell notableWork The Business of Being a Woman