ISBN:
9781496841506
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (293 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Golin, Steve, - 1939- Women who invented the sixties
DDC:
306.0973/0904
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Baker, Ella 1903-1986
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Jacobs, Jane 1916-2006
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Carson, Rachel 1907-1964
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Friedan, Betty 1921-2006
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USA
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Studentenbewegung
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Geschichte 1960-1970
Abstract:
A riveting new biography exploring four women's fundamental roles in creating the 1960s as we know them today and their lasting legacies.
Abstract:
Cover -- Women Who Invented the Sixties -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Four Women -- Part 1: The Fifties -- 1 Ella Baker: Activists' Activist -- 2 Jane Jacobs: Playful Activist -- 3 Rachel Carson: Reluctant Activist -- 4 Betty Friedan: Discouraged Activist -- Part 2: The Interventions -- 5 Ella Baker and the Founding of SNCC, 1960 -- 6 The Death and Life of Great American Cities, 1961 -- 7 Silent Spring, 1962 -- 8 The Feminine Mystique, 1963 -- Part 3: The Sixties -- 9 Ella Baker, Bob Moses, and Mississippi -- 10 Jane Jacobs and the Neighborhood Movement -- 11 Rachel Carson and the Bullies -- 12 Baker, Friedan, and the Two Women's Movements -- 13 The Late Sixties: Jane Jacobs and Betty Friedan -- Epilogue: 1970 and Beyond -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Author.
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