Redefining the New Woman, 1920-1963 (Antifeminism in America: A Collection of Readings from the Literature of the Opponents to U.S. Feminism, 1848 to the Present)

2. Redefining the New Woman, 1920-1963 Despite the fact that women's suffrage did not produce the catastrophic consequences predicted, mainstream opposition to the feminist movement refused to die, as exemplified in commentaries by industrialist Henry Ford, renowned literary figures D.H. Lawrence and Norman Mailer, and even presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson, all represented in this volume. The other selections first focus on sources published during the interwar years and indicate that the legacy of progressive social feminism exacerbated reactionary attitudes toward women in the context of postwar political fundamentalism, the Great Depression, and the New Deal. The second part contains literature that appeared between 1941 and 1963, and reflects the ambivalence and backlash toward wives and mothers in the workforce and the public sphere, driven by the social, political, and economic conservatism of the Cold War Era. What Is Equality? / By Clara Mortenson Beyer -- Are Women's Clubs Used By Bolshevists? : Interlocking Directorates Used Effectively To Disseminate Propaganda / By An American Citizen [henry Ford] -- The Unfemale Feminine / By Anthony Bertram -- Feminism And The Economic Independence Of Woman / Guion Griffis Johnson -- The Collapse Of Feminism / By Reginald F. Rynd -- Seven Deadly Sins Of Woman In Business / By Anne W. Armstrong -- The Problem Of Women In Industry / Ethel M. Johnson -- Equality Of Woman With Man : A Myth : A Challenge To Feminism / By John Macy -- Feminism Destructive Of Woman's Happiness / By Gina Lombroso Ferrero -- Second Thoughts On Feminism / By Iona Mure -- Feminism And Jane Smith / Anonymous -- The Enfranchisement Of The Girl Of Twenty-one / By Anthony M. Ludovici -- Public Opinion : Women In Industry / Margaret G. Bondfield -- Woman's Morality In Transition / By Joseph Collins -- Woman's Encroachment On Man's Domain / By Anthony M. Ludovici -- Evils Of Woman's Revolt Against The Old Standards / By Hugh L. Mcmenamin -- Fanatical Females / John Leonard Cole -- This Two-headed Monster : The Family / By Henry R. Carey -- Common Problems Of Professional Women / By Ruby A. Black -- Sex Inferiority / Ruth Allison Hudnut -- Chivalry And Labor Laws -- Cocksure Women And Hensure Men / D.h. Lawrence -- Emotional Handicaps Of The Professional Woman / Eleanora B. Saunders -- What More Do Women Want? / By Creighton Peet -- Are Ten Too Many? / By Marjorie Wells -- A Word To Women / By Albert Jay Nock -- Is Feminism Decadent? : Yes / By Bernard Acworth ; No Edited With Introductions By Angela Howard And Sasha Ranaé Adams Tarrant. Includes Bibliographical References. The documents in this paperback inform the reader's understanding and appreciation of the social and political context of opposition in which the advocates of women's rights labored from 1848 to 1996. Arranged in six parts by historical periods, these original articles from mainstream magazines, specialized and academic journals, and books display the tone and substance of opposition to women's rights as it appeared in popular literature. The selections reflect the public campaign, fought in the popular press, of opponents to the fundamental goal of all aspects of movement for women's rights, to challenge the gender system by advocating equality for women. IT has been often repeated, so often that many have grown weary of the repetition, that one of the first principles of our government is equality ; and yet it may be doubted whether some among us would not find it difficult to define what this equality means, or in what it consists. First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company