Project Gutenberg 2023-07-11 Public domain in the USA. 166 Black, Alexander 1859 1940 99004875 Modern daughters : $b Conversations with various American girls and one man $aUnited States :$bCharles Scribner's Sons, $c1899. With designs and photographic illustrations by the author. With a débutante -- With a left-over girl -- With a gym girl -- With a heroine -- With a clubwoman -- With a cynic -- With a chaperon -- With a nice man -- With an engaged girl -- With a bride. Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Modern Daughters: Conversations with Various American Girls and One Man" by Alexander Black is a collection of conversations written in the late 19th century. This work presents a series of dialogues with different American girls, exploring their thoughts and feelings on various subjects, particularly the nuances of modern womanhood and societal expectations. Through these interactions, Black captures the spirit and mindset of young women navigating their roles in a rapidly changing world. The opening of the book introduces a lively conversation between the narrator and a debutante who is preparing to "come out" into society. The dialogue between them flickers between light-heartedness and insightful commentary on the expectations placed on women and the shifting dynamics between the genders. As they discuss the implications of coming out and the associated rituals, the debutante reveals her ambivalence, indicating that while the moment holds significance, it does not completely define her identity. This opening sets the tone for the book, positioning Black as an observer and commentator on modern femininity, while the young women reflect diverse views shaped by their experiences and societal norms. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/moderndaughtersc00blac/page/n9/mode/2up 20220218235231black 1899 US Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Women -- Social and moral questions Women -- United States -- Social conditions HQ PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature Category: Gender & Sexuality Studies 267580 2025-07-28T08:08:33.809321 text/html 263729 2023-07-11T19:17:30 text/html 4516472 2025-07-28T08:08:41.914332 application/epub+zip 4513619 2025-07-28T08:08:36.427297 application/epub+zip 245280 2025-07-28T08:08:34.912299 application/epub+zip 4784142 2025-07-28T08:08:45.612310 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4737733 2025-07-28T08:08:40.706270 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 219075 2025-07-28T08:08:32.604347 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 218827 2023-07-11T19:17:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19079 2025-07-28T08:08:45.789247 application/rdf+xml 18611 2025-07-28T08:08:35.190319 image/jpeg 2933 2025-07-28T08:08:35.049314 image/jpeg 81890 2023-07-11T19:17:31 application/octet-stream application/zip 4360465 2023-07-11T19:17:31 application/octet-stream application/zip 4421881 2025-07-28T08:08:34.049367 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia