Challenge and change : right-wing women, grassroots activism, and the baby boom generation /

Focusing on 1950-1980, June Benowitz explores the development of the right-wing women's movements in the United States by analyzing differences and continuities between the generations of conservative activists. Benowitz particularly seeks to understand the ways in which grassroots members of t...

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Main Author: Benowitz, June Melby (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
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Summary:Focusing on 1950-1980, June Benowitz explores the development of the right-wing women's movements in the United States by analyzing differences and continuities between the generations of conservative activists. Benowitz particularly seeks to understand the ways in which grassroots members of the Old Right responded to the political, cultural, and social ideologies of Baby Boomer youth by constructing a thematic framework covering major issues taken up be woman such as education, health, morals, war, and patriotism.
Physical Description:xii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-349) and index.
ISBN:9780813061221
0813061229