America’s HistorySeventh Edition

CHAPTER 18The Victorians Meet the Modern,

1880-1917

Copyright © 2011 by Bedford/St. Martin’s

James A. HenrettaRebecca Edwards

Robert O. Self

I. Women, Men, and the Solitude of Self

A. Changes in Family Life1. The “Average” Family2. Rural Youth

B. The Rise of High School1. Boys and Girls2. Curriculum

I. Women, Men,and the Solitude of Self

C. College Men and Women1. African American Education2. Higher Education for Women

D. Masculinity and the Rise of Sports1. The YMCA and “Muscular Christianity”2. America’s Game3. Rise of the Negro Leagues4. American Football

I. Women, Men,and the Solitude of Self

E. The Great Outdoors1. Preservation2. Environmentalists

II. Women in the Public Sphere

A. Negotiating Public Space1. The Circus2. “First Class”

B. From Female Moral Authority to Feminism1. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union2. Women, Race, and Patriotism3. Feminism

II. Domesticity Goes Public

C. Domesticity and Missions1. Women’s Work2. Overseas Missions

III. Science and Faith

A. Darwinism and Its Critics1. Theory2. Social Darwinism3. Eugenics

B. Realism in the Arts1. Naturalism2. Modernism

III. Science and Faith

C. Religion: Diversity and Innovation1. Immigrant Faiths2. Protestant Innovations3. Fundamentalists