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Making marriage modern [electronic resource] : women's sexuality from the progressive era to World War II / Christina Simmons.
Series: Studies in the history of sexuality: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2009Description: 1 online resource (ix, 306 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780199869565 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Sex in marriage -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Marriage -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Sex customs -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780195064117DDC classification: 646.780973 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.| Item type | Current library | Copy number | Status | |
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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.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.