The Modern Girl and the Lady: Negotiating Modern Womanhood in a South African Magazine, 1910-1920

The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of how the definition of the ideal 'modern' woman changed in South Africa for white middle- and upper-class women. Many of the changes in the definition of the ideal woman were appropriated from Britain, but the definition also differed. In g...

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Published in:	South African Historical Journal Vol. 71; no. 2; pp. 170 - 196
Main Author:	Venter, Isabella J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Routledge 03.04.2019
Subjects:	book history gender media history South African Lady's Pictorial and Home Journal South African literature white English-speaking South Africans women's magazines
ISSN:	0258-2473, 1726-1686, 0258-2473
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