Linda Przybyszewski: 3 books

Book cover of The Lost Art of Dress

The Lost Art of Dress

The Women Who Once Made America Stylish

by Linda Przybyszewski
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014

"A tribute to a time when style--and maybe even life--felt more straightforward, and however arbitrary, there were definitive answers." --Sadie Stein, Paris Review As a glance down any street in America quickly reveals, American women have forgotten how to dress. We lack the fashion...
Book cover of The Republic according to John Marshall Harlan
by Linda Przybyszewski
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2018

Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911) is best known for condemning racial segregation in his dissent from Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, when he declared, "Our Constitution is color-blind." But in other judicial decisions--as well as in some areas of his life--Harlan's actions directly...
Book cover of Remaking Home Economics

Remaking Home Economics

Resourcefulness and Innovation in Changing Times

by Jorge Atiles, Caroline Crocoll, Jane Schuchardt
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015

An interdisciplinary effort of scholars from history, women’s studies, and family and consumer sciences, Remaking Home Economics covers the field’s history of opening career opportunities for women and responding to domestic and social issues. Calls to “bring back home economics” miss the...
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