Simmons, Christina,  1948- <br/><br/>
Making marriage modern  women's sexuality from the progressive era to World War II /  [electronic resource] : 
Christina Simmons. 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  c2009. 
 - 1 online resource (ix, 306 p.) :  ill. 
 - Studies in the history of sexuality .
 - Studies in the history of sexuality. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Simmons describes the emergence of the 'companionate marriage' which incorporated birth control and an active sexual role for wives. While displacing Victorian marriage and femininity, the companionate ideal prevailed by the 1940s and set the standard against which second-wave feminists rebelled. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199869565 (ebook) :  No price 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sex in marriage--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Marriage--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Sex customs--History--United States--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ18.U5 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>646.780973