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how the white middle class understood femininity and masculinity.

Format: A three- or four-page paper, typed and double-spaced using Times New Roman or similar font. Prompt: In the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century, American Progressive reformers redefined and reoriented how the white middle class understood femininity and masculinity. First, clarify how these Progressive reformers understood either femininity or masculinity (do not try to handle both in this short discussion paper – pick one). Then, consider the ways Edgar Rice Burroughs, in his novel Beyond Thirty, engages Progressive ideas about either femininity or masculinity. Conclude by assessing to what degree you think Burroughs’s vision holds up today, citing current examples from popular culture to support your assessment. PLEASE DO ALL REQUIREMENTS FROM PROMPT