ISBN:
9781601299048
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (302 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.42/09756
Keywords:
Women's rights -- North Carolina.;Equal rights amendments -- North Carolina.;Feminism -- North Carolina
Abstract:
By examining the fate of the ERA in one key state, this book brilliantly illuminates the ways in which women have responded to feminism. Opponents, the authors show, made equality for women seem dangerous, even for women themselves.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- 1. Parable: Woman Suffrage and "Manhood" in North Carolina -- 2. "Physiological and Functional Differences": Sam Ervin on Classification by Sex -- 3. "We Just Didn't Realize It Was Going To Be That Difficult": Political Socialization the Hard Way -- 4. "Idealistic Sisterhood Has Gotten Us Nowhere": Dressing for Political Combat -- 5. "We Are Called and We Must Not Be Found Wanting": ERA and the Women's Movement -- 6. "We Don't Want To Be Men!": Women against the Women's Movement -- 7. Men Besieged "On Account of Sex": Bargaining in the General Assembly -- 8. ERA and the Politics of Gender -- Acronyms -- Notes -- Appendixes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
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