Mary Pickford - Feeley, Kathleen A
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Mary Pickford emerges as a woman of depth and business acumen that bely her reputation as America s Sweetheart. In this biography Pickford is the product of an underprivileged childhood and a rapidly changing America who has the wherewithal and talent to make it on her own. Her influence is felt far beyond the screen into the very depths of Hollywood s development. Tonia M. Compton, Columbia College of Missouri Praise for the Lives of American Women series: Finally! The majority of studentsby which I mean womenwill have the opportunity to read biographies of women from our nation s past. (Men…mehr

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Mary Pickford emerges as a woman of depth and business acumen that bely her reputation as America s Sweetheart. In this biography Pickford is the product of an underprivileged childhood and a rapidly changing America who has the wherewithal and talent to make it on her own. Her influence is felt far beyond the screen into the very depths of Hollywood s development. Tonia M. Compton, Columbia College of Missouri Praise for the Lives of American Women series: Finally! The majority of studentsby which I mean womenwill have the opportunity to read biographies of women from our nation s past. (Men can read them too, of course!) The Lives of American Women series features an eclectic collection of books, readily accessible to students who will be able to see the contributions of women in many fields over the course of our history. Long overdue, these books will be a valuable resource for teachers, students, and the public at large. Cokie Roberts, author of "Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty" On screen and off, movie star Mary Pickford personified the New Woman of the early 1900sa moniker given to women who began to demand more autonomy inside and outside the home. Following Pickford from her childhood on stage to her rise as a powerful studio executive, this book examines Pickford s role in the growth of industrial capitalism and consumer culture, and uses her life and unprecedented career as a wildly popular actress and savvy film mogul to illustrate the opportunities and obstacles faced by American women during this time. Kathleen A. Feeley is associate professor in the Department of History and an advisory board member of the Women s and Gender Studies program and the Visual and Media Studies program at the University of Redlands. She is co-editor (with Jennifer Frost) of "When Private Talk Goes Public: Gossip in American History" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). She is at work on " The Mightiest Publicity Powers on Earth: The Rise of the Hollywood Press Corps in Mid-Twentieth-Century America." A former associate editor of "Reviews in American History," she writes and teaches on media, gender, and popular and political culture in modern U.S. history. Series Editor Carol Berkin is a well-known women s historian and the author of many popular and scholarly books, including "Civil War Wives." She is Professor of History Emerita at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and she is a member of the Society of American Historians."
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Kathleen A Feeley