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Looking good : college women and body image, 1875-1930 / Margaret A. Lowe.

By: Series: Gender relations in the American experiencePublication details: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2003.Description: viii, 212 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 080187209X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.4 21
LOC classification:
  • HQ1220.U5 L693 2003
Contents:
Ideals and expectations : health and femininity, 1875-1910 -- Fit for academia : gaining pounds, vigor, and virtue, 1875-1910 -- Body, spirit, and race : embodying respect, 1890-World War I -- The college look : campus fashions, 1875-World War I -- New women, coeds, and flappers, 1910-1930 -- The new shape of science, 1910-1930.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ideals and expectations : health and femininity, 1875-1910 -- Fit for academia : gaining pounds, vigor, and virtue, 1875-1910 -- Body, spirit, and race : embodying respect, 1890-World War I -- The college look : campus fashions, 1875-World War I -- New women, coeds, and flappers, 1910-1930 -- The new shape of science, 1910-1930.

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