American Tomboys, 1850-1915

American Tomboys, 1850-1915

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This book explores how the concept of the tomboy developed in the turbulent years after the Civil War (1861-1865), and argues that the tomboy grew into an accep

Starring Women

Starring Women

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Women performers played a vital role in the development of American and transatlantic entertainment, celebrity culture, and gender ideology. Sara E. Lampert exa

Performing Menken

Performing Menken

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Performing Menken uses the life experiences of controversial actress and poet Adah Isaacs Menken to examine the culture of the Civil War period and what Menken'

Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century

Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century

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Long portrayed as a masculine endeavor, the African American struggle for progress often found expression through an unlikely literary figure: the black girl. N