本文将19世纪末20世纪初的美国女性运动置于当时的“进步”语境中进行考察,认为既有研究将之概括为“新女性”对于主流社会价值观的颠覆这一结论过于强调性别政治而忽略了种族和国家话语的影响。实际上,中产阶级女性并未违反传统性别规范,相反,她们通过“持家话语”积极地参与了美国国家形象建构的进程,利用种族等级论和道德规范塑造了美国的“进步”文明和“民主”国家的形象。 This article examines the American female movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the context of the “Progressiveness” of the time and argues that the existing research summarizes the fact that the “new female” subverts the values ​​of mainstream society. This conclusion is too much Emphasize gender politics while ignoring the impact of racial and national discourse. In fact, the middle-class women did not violate the traditional gender norms. On the contrary, they actively participated in the process of building the national image of the United States through “family discourse ”, and used the racial level theory and moral norms to shape the “progress” of the United States. Civilization and the image of a “democracy” country.