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Rethinking American women's activism /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Orleck, Annelise
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2014.
Series:American social and political movements of the twentieth century.
Subjects:
Feminism > United States > History.
Women > Political activity > United States > History.
Women's rights > United States > History.
Social movements > United States > History.
United States > Social conditions.
United States > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Reflecting on the Wave Metaphor and the Myth of Monolithic Feminism
  • Rethinking the So-Called First Wave : an Extremely Brief History of Women's Rights Activism in the U.S. Before 1920
  • Civil Rights, Labor Feminism and Mother Activism from 1920 through the 1940s
  • Varieties of Feminism in a Conservative Age
  • Equality NOW! : Feminism and the Law
  • Raising Consciousness, Venting Anger, Finding Sisterhood : "The Revolution is What is Happening in Every Woman's Mind"
  • Women's Movements for Redistributive and Social Justice : Other Faces of Radical Feminism
  • Lesbian Lives, Lesbian Rights, Lesbian Feminism
  • Anti-Feminist Backlash and Feminism Reborn : The 1970s through 2013.