Skirting the house: The evolution of the women's home, 1890-1910

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dc.contributor.advisorGammard, Elysabethen_US
dc.creatorFisher, Kyle Rossen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:17:36Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:17:36Zen_US
dc.date.issued1996en_US
dc.description.abstractWorking from the assumption that a distinct women's subjectivity has driven the development of the modern American home, this two part thesis examines the nature of that evolution. The first part shows how a women's perspective was capable of effecting the general development of the home from 1880-1920. By analyzing four houses that chart the evolution of the American home, the criteria that characterizes the women's house type is traced. The second part examines the initial movement towards the development of the women's home. Using the Ladies' Home Journal and The House Beautiful from 1890-1910 establishes the source of particular women's criteria that transformed the design of middle-class housing around the turn of the century. The conclusion demonstrates that the house's character has been two fold; while on the one hand it has been a means of oppression for women within our culture, and it has also been a means of liberation.en_US
dc.digitization.specificationsThesis was rescanned at 24-bit color in 2020. PDF has been OCR’d and made accessible.en_US
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dc.identifier.callnoThesis Arch. 1996 Fisheren_US
dc.identifier.citationFisher, Kyle Ross. "Skirting the house: The evolution of the women's home, 1890-1910." (1996) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/14020">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/14020</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2607en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/14020en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectHome Economicsen_US
dc.subjectWomen's studiesen_US
dc.titleSkirting the house: The evolution of the women's home, 1890-1910en_US
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thesis.degree.departmentArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen_US
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