Representing the Working Class in Early U.S. Feminist Media: The Case of Hester Vaughn.
In 1868 U.S. woman's rights activists championed the cause of a working woman convicted of infanticide. Representations of Hester Vaughn in feminist media texts illustrate the activists' ideological binds. The figure of Vaughn appeared both as a poor immigrant girl who inspired philanthropy and also...
| Published in: | Women's Studies in Communication Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 1 - 27 |
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Organization for Research on Women & Communication
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