The practical true woman: Reconciling women and work in popular mail-order magazines, 1900-1920

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-62

  Triece, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1080/15295039909367071     Document Type: Article

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