The American New Woman Revisited: A Reader, 1894-1930

Acknowledgments

xiii Acknowledgments This project could not have been completed without the help of many individuals and institutions. Numerous individuals at libraries, archives, or educational institutions helped me with research. I thank Carolina Villarroel, project manager, Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project; Stephen Greenberg,History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine;Andrea J.Bainbridge,archivist II,Records Management and Archives, American Medical Association; Zalman Alpert, reference librarian, Mendel Gottesman Library, Yeshiva University; Paul Anderson, associate professor and archivist, and Lilla Vekerdy, librarian, Bernard Becker Memorial Library; Jana Lonberger U.S. history librarian, Emory University; Michael Luther, collections assistant, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library; Kevlin C. Haire, archives assistant, Ohio State University Archives; Jennifer Comins, archives assistant, Columbia University Archives; the reference desk at the Milstein Division of U.S. History, Local History, and Genealogy, as well as the Schomburg CenterforResearchinBlackCulture,NewYorkPublicLibrary;andTrishCunningham, Ohio State University. The staff at the St. Louis Public Library could not have been more helpful. I am especially grateful to Jean E. Meeh Gosebrink, special collections specialist, and Katherine A. LaBarbera for help with reproducing images. I thank McKendree University and more specifically Dennis Ryan and Gerald Duff for steadfastly supporting the research time and travel necessary to assemble this collection. The McKendree library staff provided invaluable assistance with research and gathering materials. I also thank Jill Campbell, Michael Artime, Liz Vogt, LeAnn Noland, Bill Harroff, Debbie Houk, and, most recently, Meseret Gebremichael. My research assistants Nell Novara, Valerie Morrese, Emily Gonzalez, Elizabeth Sherman, and Kendra Sigafoos did wonderful work scanning microfilm, proofreading copy, and, in the cases of Nell Novara and Emily Gonzalez, providing rough translations from the Spanish to help guide my research. For their professional translations, I thank Paul Coltrin; Edward Cook, reference librarian, St. Louis Area Studies; Peter Conolly-Smith; and Carol Wallace. Two scholars in particular provided assistance that enriched the manuscript tremendously. María Teresa Vera Rojas offered generous advice as I embarked on interpreting the material from Gráfico. And Peter Conolly-Smith provided patient, detailed e-mails and translations, without which I could not have included the German material. I am indebted to Leslie Mitchner of Rutgers University Press for her support and adroit advice in steering the project toward publication. Alicia Nadkarni and Marilyn Campbell expertly guided me through the manuscript preparation process, while Kathryn Gohl was a most patient and careful copyeditor. My reader,Ann Ardis, has provided invaluable suggestions for revision to the manuscript.I am particularly indebted to her advice about shaping the manuscript and, more precisely, for prompting me to look more closely at the periodical history during this era. Friends and colleagues read drafts of the manuscript or offered helpful suggestions or a much-needed break. I am especially indebted to Debra Blake, Michael Tavel Clark, John Greenfield, Mark Hernandez, Michael McClintock, Michael Pfiefer, Michele Stacey-Doyle, Nancy Beck Young, and Carol Wallace. My family members have given more help than they realize. Marge, Karen, and Dick Hansen combed through numerous boxes of family records to find information for me. My sister-in-law, Colleen, helped at a crucial junction to care for my children. My mother, with unstinting love, has acted as a sounding board and source of support in so many forms. My siblings, Cheryl, Steve, and John, have listened, encouraged, and wondered if I would ever finish. My husband, Bill Thomas, continues to be my most generous, thoughtful, and supportive critic, while my children, Mark and Walter, bring joy and meaning to what I do. Thank you, Mark, for starting your own New Woman book, stapled and in crayon. acknowledgments xiv The American New Woman Revisited R ...