A fresh, multicultural reading of the work of women writers of the Progressive era that places their fiction in the context of their reform journalism and political activism.

-- Carol Farley Kessler, American Literature

Introduction 1. "Her Rightful Place in the New Scheme of Things": Native American Women's Journalism in the Dawes Era 2. " Wantin' to Wear th' Breeches and Boss th' HullShebang'": Reservations and Romance in Mourning Dove's 3. "The Democracy for Which We Have Paid": Jessie Fauset and World War I Controversies in the African-American Press 4. "An 'Honest-to-God' American": Patriotism, Foreignness, and Domesticity in Jessie Fauset's Fiction 5. "Why Should You Ask for Ease?": Jewish Women's Journalism in the English-Language Press 6. "Mingling with Her People in Their Ghetto": Immigrant Aid and the New Woman in Jewish Women's Fiction Conclusion