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Breaking the wave : women, their organizations and feminism, 1945 - 1985 / ed. by Kathleen A. Laughlin and Jacqueline L. Castledine

Laughlin, Kathleen A. [Hrsg.] ; Castledine, Jacqueline L.

1. publ.

New York, NY [u.a.] : Routledge, 2011

XII, 268 S. ; 24 cm

Englisch

Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-256) and index. - Introduction : The long history of feminism / Kathleen A. Laughlin -- Civic feminists : the politics of the Minnesota Federation of Business and Professional women's clubs, 1942-1965 / Kathleen A. Laughlin -- The legal origin of "The personal is political" : Bella Abzug and sexual politics in Cold War America / Leandra Zarnow -- "I'm glad as heck that you exist" : feminist lesbian organizing in the 1950s / Marcia Gallo -- Exporting civic womanhood : gender and nation building / Catherine E. Rymph -- The National Council of Negro Women, human rights, and the Cold War / Julie A. Gallagher -- From Ladies Aid to NGO : transformations in Methodist women's organizing in postwar America / A. Lanethea Mathews-Gardner -- The consumers' protective committee : women's activism in postwar Harlem / Julia Sandy-Bailey -- "Pregnant? Need help? Call Jane" : service as radical action in the abortion underground in Chicago / Rebecca M. Kluchin -- Feminizing Portland, Oregon : a history of the League of Women Voters in the postwar era, 1950-1975 / Jennifer A. Stevens -- Barrio women : community and coalition in the heartland / Janet Weaver -- "Stop that Rambo shit...this is femininst softball" : reconsidering women's organizing in the Reagan era and beyond / Jacqueline L. Castledine and Julia Sandy-Bailey -- "It would be stupendous for us girls" : campaigning for women judges without waving / Sally J. Kenney -- Building lesbian studies in the 1970s and 1980s / Susan K. Freeman -- Conclusion : Looking backward, looking forward / Jacqueline L. Castledine

978-0-415-87397-0 (hbk. : alk. paper); 978-0-415-87400-7 ((pbk.) £24.99); 0-415-87397-5 ((hbk.) £80.00); 0-415-87400-9 ((pbk.) £24.99); 978-0-203-84293-5 ((ebk.))

015556512

OCoLC: 806511598     

MG 70285  | MS 3150      Ähnliche Literatur

HQ1426

305.42097309045

Basisklassifikation: 15.87 (USA) <Geschichte>

*USA ; Frauenbewegung ; Feminismus ; Geschichte 1945-1985     Zum Register

LOC-SH: Feminism -- United States -- History -- 20th century ; Second-wave feminism -- United States ; Women -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century

USA ; Frauenbewegung ; Geschichte 1945-1985 ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Feminism / United States / History / 20th century ; Second-wave feminism / United States ; Women / Political activity / United States / History / 20th century