Bibliograph

The women's rights movement since 1945, a reference guide, Christina G. Larocco

Type

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The women's rights movement since 1945, a reference guide, Christina G. Larocco

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The women's rights movement since 1945

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

11334726802

Responsibility statement

Christina G. Larocco

Series statement

Guides to historic events in America, Randall M. Miller

Sub title

a reference guide

Summary

Documenting the history of the American women's rights movement from 1945 through the 2016 election, this reference offers a crucial and objective look at the changing strategies, goals, and challenges of American feminists. Many aspects of women's lives in the mid-twentieth century -- including legal subjugation to their husbands, limitations in education and employment, and restrictions on sexual and reproductive autonomy -- are unthinkable today. Women's lives improved only through the concerted action of several generations of activists, whose work lies at the center of this volume. This book traces women's changing relationships to family, work, education, government, and sexuality from 1945 through the 2016 election. -- Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

1. Left and labor feminism in the Cold War -- 2. Women in the Civil Rights Movement -- 3. A civil rights movement for women -- 4. The Women's Liberation Movement -- 5. Second-wave feminism and the rights revolution -- 6. Conservative women and backlash -- 7. Culture and conflict in the second wave -- 8. American feminism at the end of the twentieth century -- Epilogue -- Biographical Essays -- Primary Documents

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