Title
'Why Must I Be the Only Woman to Lose My Birthright?’ Gender and Modernity in Upper-Class Twentieth-Century American Life
Document Type
Grant Proposal
Date Accepted
Summer 2006
Project Description/Abstract
A 2007 CART Summer Grant would provide the critical time and resources I need to complete detailed archival for my proposed monograph: ‘Why Must I Be the Only Woman to Lose My Birthright?’ Gender and Modernity in Upper-Class Twentieth-Century American Life. A social history, this project will highlight the ways in which upper-class men and women (mostly from New England) both resisted and shaped the emergence of American modernity. With a close analysis of a broad range of primary sources, including personal papers, letters, diaries, medical and scientific tracts, and periodical literature, my research will illuminate the specific gender and class contours of this decisive cultural development. Though much has been written about upper-class white men, we actually have little historical literature about the import and influence of upper-class women, a significant gap in the literature I intend to address.
Recommended Citation
Lowe, Margaret (2006). 'Why Must I Be the Only Woman to Lose My Birthright?’ Gender and Modernity in Upper-Class Twentieth-Century American Life. CARS Summer Grants. Item 89.
https://vc.bridgew.edu/summer_grant/89