From Front Porch to Back Seat: Courtship in Twentieth-century America
According to the author, when did the term “dating” first enter the American vocabulary?
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By 1910, the word “date” entered the vocabulary of the middle class. Yet it was initially spoken by the college sorority girl to indicate how modern she was. Dating as a practice ultimately came to the middle class from the upper and lower classes.
From Front Porch to Back Seat: Courtship in Twentieth-century America
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