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Gidgets and women warriors : perceptions of women in the 1950s and 1960s /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gourley, Catherine, 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, [2008]
Series:Images and issues of women in the twentieth century ; v. 4.
Subjects:
Women > United States > History > 20th century.
Women > United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
Women > United States > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Women in popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Nineteen fifties.
Nineteen sixties.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Author's note
  • Prologue: The lady from Maine addresses the Senate : June 1, 1950
  • The three A's of femininity
  • Mrs. TV consumer
  • Teen scenes
  • Civil rights and wrongs
  • Women warriors of the Cold War
  • Epilogue: A year of protests, 1968.