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Making Marriage Modern

- Women's Sexuality from the Progressive Era to World War II

About Making Marriage Modern

Making Marriage Modern explains the emergence a new form of relationship between the sexes-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.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780195064117
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 320
  • Published:
  • April 23, 2009
  • Dimensions:
  • 236x163x33 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 576 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: October 21, 2024

Description of Making Marriage Modern

Making Marriage Modern explains the emergence a new form of relationship between the sexes-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.

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