Ida Tarbell, celebrated for exposing Standard Oil, argues that the modern ‘uneasy woman’ has lost faith in the dignity of her traditional work. In essays on the imitation of men, the home, extravagance, education and women’s part in public life, she contends that running a household and raising children is a vital profession, a view that drew criticism from suffragists.
A provocative document of the debate over women’s roles in the Progressive Era. Download the free EPUB.