The Men and Women We Want

Book Review| July 01 2016 The Men and Women We Want: Gender, Race, and the Progressive Era Literacy Test Debate The Men and Women We Want: Gender, Race, and the Progressive Era Literacy Test Debate. By Jeanne D. Petit. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2010. xii + 201 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $75 (cloth); $29.95 (paper). David A. Gerber David A. Gerber University at Buffalo (SUNY) David A. Gerber is Professor Emeritus at the University at Buffalo. He is the author of American Immigration: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2011), Authors of Their Lives: The Personal Correspondence of British Immigrants to North America in the Nineteenth Century (NYU Press, 2006), The Making of an American Pluralism: Buffalo, New York, 1825–60 (University of Illinois Press, 1989), and Black Ohio and the Color Line, 1860–1915 (University of Illinois Press, 1976). Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2016) 35 (4): 109–111. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerethnhist.35.4.109 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation David A. Gerber; The Men and Women We Want: Gender, Race, and the Progressive Era Literacy Test Debate. Journal of American Ethnic History 1 July 2016; 35 (4): 109–111. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerethnhist.35.4.109 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressJournal of American Ethnic History Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 2016 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois2016 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content

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