The Resource The men and women we want : gender, race, and the progressive era literacy test debate, Jeanne D. Petit
The men and women we want : gender, race, and the progressive era literacy test debate, Jeanne D. Petit
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- Summary
- Should immigrants have to pass a literacy test in order to enter the United States? Progressive-Era Americans debated this question for more than twenty years, and by the time the literacy test became law in 1917, the debate had transformed the way Americans understood immigration, and created the logic that shaped immigration restriction policies throughout the twentieth century. Jeanne Petit argues that the literacy test debate was about much more than reading ability or the virtues of education. It also tapped into broader concerns about the relationship between gender, sexuality, race, and American national identity. The congressmen, reformers, journalists, and pundits who supported the literacy test hoped to stem the tide of southern and eastern European immigration. To make their case, these restrictionists portrayed illiterate immigrant men as dissipated, dependent paupers, immigrant women as brood mares who bore too many children, and both as a eugenic threat to the nation's racial stock. Opponents of the literacy test argued that the new immigrants were muscular, virile workers and nurturing, virtuous mothers who would strengthen the race and nation. Moreover, the debaters did not simply battle about what social reformer Grace Abbott called 'the sort of men and women we want.' They also defined as normative the men and women they were - unquestionably white, unquestionably American, and unquestionably fit to shape the nation's future. Jeanne D. Petit is associate professor of history at Hope College
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 201 pages)
- Contents
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- Breeders, workers, and mothers: the beginning of the literacy test debate
- Parents and progeny: the Dillingham Commission Report
- Muscle, miscegenation, and manhood: the literacy test at the height of the progressive era
- Practical aid and sympathetic understanding: Grace Abbott's alternative to the literacy test
- World War I and the literacy test
- The legacy of the progressive era literacy test debate
- Isbn
- 9781580467643
- Label
- The men and women we want : gender, race, and the progressive era literacy test debate
- Title
- The men and women we want
- Title remainder
- gender, race, and the progressive era literacy test debate
- Statement of responsibility
- Jeanne D. Petit
- Subject
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- Electronic books
- Emigration and immigration
- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- History
- Immigrants -- Education
- Immigrants -- Education -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Literacy -- Ability testing
- Literacy -- Ability testing -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Literacy -- Social aspects
- Literacy -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Progressivism (United States politics)
- Progressivism (United States politics)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies
- United States
- United States -- Emigration and immigration | History -- 20th century
- United States -- Emigration and immigration | Social aspects
- 1900-1999
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Should immigrants have to pass a literacy test in order to enter the United States? Progressive-Era Americans debated this question for more than twenty years, and by the time the literacy test became law in 1917, the debate had transformed the way Americans understood immigration, and created the logic that shaped immigration restriction policies throughout the twentieth century. Jeanne Petit argues that the literacy test debate was about much more than reading ability or the virtues of education. It also tapped into broader concerns about the relationship between gender, sexuality, race, and American national identity. The congressmen, reformers, journalists, and pundits who supported the literacy test hoped to stem the tide of southern and eastern European immigration. To make their case, these restrictionists portrayed illiterate immigrant men as dissipated, dependent paupers, immigrant women as brood mares who bore too many children, and both as a eugenic threat to the nation's racial stock. Opponents of the literacy test argued that the new immigrants were muscular, virile workers and nurturing, virtuous mothers who would strengthen the race and nation. Moreover, the debaters did not simply battle about what social reformer Grace Abbott called 'the sort of men and women we want.' They also defined as normative the men and women they were - unquestionably white, unquestionably American, and unquestionably fit to shape the nation's future. Jeanne D. Petit is associate professor of history at Hope College
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- Petit, Jeanne D
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Gender and race in American history,
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- Literacy
- Literacy
- Immigrants
- United States
- United States
- Progressivism (United States politics)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Emigration and immigration
- Emigration and immigration
- Immigrants
- Literacy
- Literacy
- Progressivism (United States politics)
- United States
- Label
- The men and women we want : gender, race, and the progressive era literacy test debate, Jeanne D. Petit
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- online resource
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- multicolored
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- Contents
- Breeders, workers, and mothers: the beginning of the literacy test debate -- Parents and progeny: the Dillingham Commission Report -- Muscle, miscegenation, and manhood: the literacy test at the height of the progressive era -- Practical aid and sympathetic understanding: Grace Abbott's alternative to the literacy test -- World War I and the literacy test -- The legacy of the progressive era literacy test debate
- Control code
- ocn731694243
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 201 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781580467643
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- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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- 22573/ctt22qzm
- Quality assurance targets
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- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)731694243
- Label
- The men and women we want : gender, race, and the progressive era literacy test debate, Jeanne D. Petit
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Breeders, workers, and mothers: the beginning of the literacy test debate -- Parents and progeny: the Dillingham Commission Report -- Muscle, miscegenation, and manhood: the literacy test at the height of the progressive era -- Practical aid and sympathetic understanding: Grace Abbott's alternative to the literacy test -- World War I and the literacy test -- The legacy of the progressive era literacy test debate
- Control code
- ocn731694243
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 201 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781580467643
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt22qzm
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)731694243
Subject
- Electronic books
- Emigration and immigration
- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- History
- Immigrants -- Education
- Immigrants -- Education -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Literacy -- Ability testing
- Literacy -- Ability testing -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Literacy -- Social aspects
- Literacy -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Progressivism (United States politics)
- Progressivism (United States politics)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies
- United States
- United States -- Emigration and immigration | History -- 20th century
- United States -- Emigration and immigration | Social aspects
- 1900-1999
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