The American women's movement, 1945-2000 : a brief history with documents / Nancy MacLean.
MacLean, Nancy.
2009
HQ1236.5.U6 M323 2009 (Mapit)
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Title The American women's movement, 1945-2000 : a brief history with documents / Nancy MacLean.
Author MacLean, Nancy.
ISBN 9780312448011 (pbk.)
0312448015 (pbk.)
Imprint Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, c2009.
Language English
Description xv, 198 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Call Number HQ1236.5.U6 M323 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.420973/09045
Summary From the Publisher: The American women's movement was one of the most influential social movements of the twentieth century. Beginning with small numbers, the women's movement eventually involved tens of thousands of women and men. Longstanding ideas and habits came under scrutiny as activists questioned and changed the nation's basic institutions, including all branches of government, the workplace, and the family. Nancy MacLean's introduction and collection of primary sources engage students with the most up-to-date scholarship in U.S. women's history. The introduction traces the deep roots of the women's movement and demonstrates the continuity from women's activism in the labor movement and New Deal networks, the black civil rights movement, and the peace movement to the height of Second Wave feminism and into the Third Wave. The primary sources reflect the social breadth and depth of the movement. Dispelling the misconception that the American women's movement was solely a white, middle-class cause, the documents include the voices of women of all ages, classes, and ethnicities. Topics addressed range from wage discrimination, peace activism, housework and childcare, sexuality, and reproductive rights to welfare, education, socialism, violence against women, and more. Document head notes, a chronology of the women's movement, questions for consideration, a selected bibliography, and index support student learning, classroom discussion, and further research.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Bedford series in history and culture.
Linked Resources Contributor biographical information
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Foreword
Preface
List of illustrations
Part 1: Introduction: Movement That Changed A Nation
Impact of activism
Long women's movement
Chilling effects of the red scare
Civil rights organizing offers a way forward
New feminism of the "second wave"
Changing culture and policy
Conservative backlash
Carrying on in a polarized era
American feminists on a global stage
Part 2: Documents
1: Position of the American woman today / Congress of American Women, 1946
2: Women are household slaves / Edith M Stern, 1949
3: Union protects its women members / United auto workers, 1955
4: Purpose of the daughters of Bilitis / Daughters of Bilitis, 1955
5: Developing leadership among other people," in Civil Rights / Ella Baker, 1960
6: There was such a feeling of sisterhood in working for peace / Ethol Barol Taylor, 1962
7: Invitation to action / President's commission on the status of women, 1963
8: Women's rights are a part of human rights / Pauli Murray, 1964
9: Statement of purpose / National Organization of Women, 1966
10: Program for feminist 'consciousness raising / Kathie Sarachild, 1968
11: Hidden history: an illegal abortion / Margaret Cerullo, 1968
12: Why feminists want child care / National Organization for Women, 1969
13: On de-segregating a high school / Alice de Rivera, 1969
14: Women: do you know the facts about marriage? / Feminists, 1969
15: What men can do for women's liberation / Gainesville women's liberation, 1970
16: Position paper on women / Young lords party, 1970
17: Politics of housework / Pat Mainardi, 1970
18: Male-feasance of health / Women's health collective, 1970
19: Rape is a form of mass terrorism / Susan Griffin, 1970
20: Woman-identified woman / Radicalesbians, 1970
21: Workshop resolutions / First national Chicana conference, 1971
22: Welfare is a women's issue / Johnnie Tillmon, 1972
23: Socialist feminism: a strategy for the women's movement / Chicago women's liberation union, 1972
24: What's wrong with 'equal rights' for women? / Phyllis Schlafly, 1972
25: Feminism in the $12,000-a-year family / Susan Jacoby, 1973
26: Black feminism: a new mandate / Margaret Sloan, 1974
27: For the Christian, the idea of human freedom shouldn't be threatening / Letha Scanzoni, 1976
28: Letter from a battered wife / Anonymous, ca 1976
29: Sexual harassment begins with hiring procedures / Deirdre Silverman, 1976
30: Black feminist statement / Combahee River collective, 1977
31: Ways men can benefit / Men allied nationally for the equal rights amendment, 1978
32: Asian Pacific American women and feminism / Mitsuye Yamada, 1979
33: Rise up against the tide of permissiveness and moral decay / Jerry Falwell, 1980
34: Going beyond boundaries / Charlotte Bunch, 1985
35: Dust and dishes: organizing workers / Yoichi Shimatsu and Patricia Lee, 1989
36: Seeking a voice: South Asian women's groups in North America / Jyotsna Vaid, 1989
37: Building the third wave: reflections of a young feminist / Laurie Ouellette, 1992
38: PFLAG supports gay and lesbian children / Candace Steele, 1994
39: Women's rights are human rights / Beijing declaration and platform for action,1995
40: Day without Feminism / Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards, 2000
Appendixes
Chronology of the American women's movement, 1945-2000
Questions for consideration
Selected bibliography
Index.

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