Description: In an effort to reconcile her desire to succeed in the public sphere of modernization and consumerism with the knowledge that most middle-class Americans still held traditional beliefs about gender roles, Frederick fashioned a career for herself that encouraged other women to remain at home.
Brief description: JANICE WILLIAMS RUTHERFORD is an assistant professor and Coordinator of Museum Studies at the University of Oregon.
Review Quotes:
An engaging biography that simultaneously illuminates the relations between women's private and public lives and advances our understanding of the growth of their public initiatives during the Progressive Era.
--Elizabeth Fox-Genovese "Eleanore Raoul Professor of History, Emory University"