The New Girl: Girls' Culture in England, 1880-1915

The New Girl: Girls' Culture in England, 1880-1915
ISBN-10
023110247X
ISBN-13
9780231102476
Series
The New Girl
Category
History
Pages
258
Language
English
Published
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Author
Sally Mitchell

Description

In 1880 the concept of girlhood as a separate stage of existence was barely present. But in the decades that followed, due in part to changes in the legal definition of childhood, a new cultural category was inscribed in a flood of popular books and magazines. Indeed, by the turn of the century working-class and middle-class girls were beginning to control enough of their own time and pocket money that publishing for them was a lucrative business.

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