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03078aam a2200385 i 4500 001 0AB8E7266B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 150814s2016 coua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2015031904 020 $a 0813348056 020 $a 9780813348056 035 $a (OCoLC)914195528 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d CDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN2287 P5 F44 2016 100 1 $a Feeley, Kathleen, $e author. 245 10 $a Mary Pickford : $b Hollywood and the new woman / $c Kathleen Feeley. 264 1 $a Boulder, CO : $b Westview Press, $c [2016] 300 $a xii, 204 pages ; $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a Lives of American women 520 $a "On screen and off, movie star Mary Pickford personified the "New Woman" of the early 1900s--a moniker given to women who began to demand more autonomy inside and outside the home. Well educated and career-minded, these women also embraced the new mass culture in which consumption and leisure were seen to play a pivotal role in securing happiness. Mary Pickford: Hollywood and the New Woman examines Pickford's role in the rise of industrial capitalism and consumer culture, and uses her life and unprecedented career as a wildly popular actress and savvy film mogul to illustrate the opportunities and obstacles faced by American women during this time. Following Pickford's life from her childhood on stage to her rise as a powerful studio executive, this book gives an overview of her enduring contribution to American film and mass culture. It also explores her struggles to surpass her confining public film persona as "America's Sweetheart" with her creative and business achievements--mirroring how women, both then and today, must reconcile domestic life with professional aspirations and work"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 8 $a Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- 1 From Gladys Smith to Mary Pickford: A Childhood on Stage and At Work, 1892-1909 -- 2 Pickford and the Moving Pictures: Creating the Art and Business of Film, 1909-1913 -- 3 A Star and a Producer are Born, 1913-1916 -- 4 America's Sweetheart and American Empire in the Age of the Great War, 1917-1920 -- 5 Mary and Doug: American Royalty, Hollywood Style, 1920-1926 -- 6 Weathering Personal, Industrial, and Economic Crises, 1927-1936 -- 7 Studio Executive and Philanthropist: A Life Beyond Performing, 1936-1979 -- Epilogue. 600 10 $a Pickford, Mary, $d 1892-1979. 650 0 $a Motion picture actors and actresses $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Motion picture producers and directors $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women motion picture producers and directors $z United States $v Biography. 830 0 $a Lives of American women. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021021154.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20161006024545.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0AB8E7266B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search