We Have Become Too Tender-Hearted: The Language of Gender in the Public Library, 1880-1920

Reference Type Journal Article
Year of Publication
2001
Contributors Author: Jacalyn Eddy
Journal
American Studies
Volume
42
Pagination
155-72
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Examines debate over the feminization of the profession, while noting that the widespread presence of women in librarianship helped undermine gender norms about the public role of women.