“The anchor of my life”: Middle-class american mothers and college-educated daughters 1880-1920

Journal of Social History

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 5-25

  Rosenzweig, Linda W ^a  

^a Chatham College   (United States)

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EID: 84928832182     PISSN: 00224529     EISSN: 15271897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jsh/25.1.5     Document Type: Article

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