Feminism unfinished : a short, surprising history of American women's movements / Dorothy Sue Cobble, Linda Gordon, and Astrid Henry.
2014
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Title
Feminism unfinished : a short, surprising history of American women's movements / Dorothy Sue Cobble, Linda Gordon, and Astrid Henry.
Author
Cobble, Dorothy Sue.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780871406767 hardcover
0871406764 hardcover
0871406764 hardcover
Published
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2014]
Language
English
Description
xxi, 265 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number
HQ1421 .C625 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.420973
Summary
Traces the origins of the feminist movement to the 1920s and follows the post-Suffrage movements, which exposed the exploitation of women in the workplace and fought for sexual rights and freedoms.
"In this bold, revisionist history, three leading scholars of women's history provide the first concise history of American women's movements over the nearly hundred years since women gained the right to vote. They eschew the popular--though incomplete--narrative focusing on the 1960s and 1970s, and trace the world-changing social movement to the 1920s. This broader canvas allows for the struggles of all women, including working-class women, to come to the foreground. Among the many myths the book dispels is the notion that feminism was a movement of the largely white, highly educated, upper middle class. The authors vividly render the struggles of those women who organized rallies, demonstrations, and sit-ins--often working alongside civil rights demonstrators--to demand equal wages and better jobs, as well as the right to both sexual pleasure and reproductive control. The book also provides a counterpoint to the contemporary corporate-backed "lean-in" philosophy; the authors argue that this assumes that gains for a tiny elite will help all women. They demonstrate that, to the contrary, the gains women have made were created by working together for social change rather than by striving individually for personal success. While each new generation since 1920 has arrived in a world improved by the efforts of previous struggles, the movement is far from over. Progress is not a birthright but rather a vision that has been constructed, reconstructed, and fought for over and over again." -- Publisher information.
"In this bold, revisionist history, three leading scholars of women's history provide the first concise history of American women's movements over the nearly hundred years since women gained the right to vote. They eschew the popular--though incomplete--narrative focusing on the 1960s and 1970s, and trace the world-changing social movement to the 1920s. This broader canvas allows for the struggles of all women, including working-class women, to come to the foreground. Among the many myths the book dispels is the notion that feminism was a movement of the largely white, highly educated, upper middle class. The authors vividly render the struggles of those women who organized rallies, demonstrations, and sit-ins--often working alongside civil rights demonstrators--to demand equal wages and better jobs, as well as the right to both sexual pleasure and reproductive control. The book also provides a counterpoint to the contemporary corporate-backed "lean-in" philosophy; the authors argue that this assumes that gains for a tiny elite will help all women. They demonstrate that, to the contrary, the gains women have made were created by working together for social change rather than by striving individually for personal success. While each new generation since 1920 has arrived in a world improved by the efforts of previous struggles, the movement is far from over. Progress is not a birthright but rather a vision that has been constructed, reconstructed, and fought for over and over again." -- Publisher information.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Gordon, Linda.
Henry, Astrid, 1966-
Henry, Astrid, 1966-
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Table of Contents
More than sex equality : feminism after suffrage / Dorothy Sue Cobble
The Women's Liberation Movement / Linda Gordon
From a mindset to a movement : feminism since 1990 / Astrid Henry.
The Women's Liberation Movement / Linda Gordon
From a mindset to a movement : feminism since 1990 / Astrid Henry.