Reforming Fictions: Native, African, and Jewish American Women's Literature and Journalism in the Progressive Era

Carol Batker

Published by Columbia University Press 2000

Reforming Fictions

Native, African, and Jewish American Women's Literature and Journalism in the Progressive Era

Carol Batker

https://doi.org/10.7312/batk11850

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A fresh, multicultural reading of the work of women writers of the Progressive era that places their fiction in the context of their reform journalism and political activism.

Recovering a lost chapter of literary and political history, this fresh, multicultural reading of the work of women writers of the Progressive era situates their fiction in the context of their reform journalism and political activism.

As Native, African, and Jewish American women gained access to education, developed women's clubs, and joined political organizations, they wrote to reform the nation, engaging themselves politically and creating a cross-cultural dialogue between journalism and fiction. Early in this century, writers such as Zitkala-Sa, Mourning Dove, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and Anzia Yezierska developed their writing careers through affiliations with reform organizations. They worked for Pan-Indianism, racial uplift, immigrant aid, or social welfare. Carol Batker explores the impact of their journalism and political work on their fiction. She demonstrates points of contact among these women that suggest mutual influence and conversations across racial and ethnic lines—revealing important historical antecedents to contemporary debates about multiculturalism in America.

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Carol J. Batker publishes and teaches in Native American, African American, Jewish American, and women's studies.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. “Her Rightful Place In The New Scheme Of Things”: Native American Women’S Journalism In The Dawes Era Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2. “ ‘Wantin’ To Wear Th’ Breeches And Boss Th’ Hull Shebang’”: Reservations And Romance In Mourning. Dove’S Cogewea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
3. “The Democracy For Which We Have Paid”: Jessie Fauset And World War I Controversies In The African American Press Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
4. “An ‘Honest-To-God’ American”: Patriotism, Foreignness, And Domesticity In Jessie Fauset’S Fiction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
5. “Why Should You Ask For Ease?”: Jewish Women’S Journalism In The English-Language Press Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
6. “Mingling With Her People In Their Ghetto”: Immigrant Aid And The New Woman In Jewish Women’S Fiction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
Afterword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 256

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Published: November 29, 2000
ISBN: 9780231529259