1878-1899: Lifestyles, Social Trends, and Fashion
1878-1899: Chapter Eight: Lifestyles, Social Trends, and Fashion
by JANE GERHARD
CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGY 282
OVERVIEW 289
TOPICS IN THE NEWS
Everyday Life: Consumerism 291
Millionaires’ Row 292
Everyday Life: Fashion 292
The Gibson Girl 295
Everyday Life: Food
Eating Out 298
Typical Family Budgets, 1890 300
Everyday Life: Home Improvements 303
Call the Plumber 303
Everyday Life: Suburbs 304
The Klondike Gold Rush 305
Race and Ethnicity: Government Policy Toward Native Americans 306
Race and Ethnicity: Immigration 309
Immigrants’ Work 309
Race and Ethnicity: Life in the Melting Pot 310
Ida B. Wells: An Early Call for Black Power 312
What is a Tenement 313
The Settlement House Movement 313
The Suffrage Movement 314
Modesty in Dress 315
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union 316
Frances Willard’s Bicycle 316
HEADLINE MAKERS
Jane Addams 318
Susan B. Anthony 319
Fannie Farmer 320
Geronimo 320
Ida B. Wells-Barnett 322
Frances Willard 323
PUBLICATIONS 324
Sidebars and tables are listed in italics.