The American women s movement was one of the most influential social movements of the twentieth century. Longstanding ideas and habits came under scrutiny and institutions were changed. Maclean's introduction and collection of primary sources engage students with the most up-to-date scholarship in U.S. women shistory. INDICE: PART I:INTRODUCTION: A MOVEMENT THAT CHANGED A NATION - The Impactof Activism - The Long Womenb s Movement - The Chilling Effects of the Red Scare - Civil Rights Organizing Offers a Way Forward - The New Feminism of the bSecond Waveb - Changing Culture and Policy - The Conservative Backlash - Carrying on in a Polarized Era - American Feminists on a Global Stage - PART II: THE DOCUMENTS - Congress of American Women, b The Position of the American Woman Todayb (1946) - Edith M. Stern, b Women are Household Slavesb (1949) - United Auto Workers, b A Union Protects Its Women Membersb (1955) - Daughters of Bilitis, b Purpose of the Daughters of Bilitisb (1955) - Ella Baker, b Developing Leadership among Other Peopleb in Civil Rights (1960) - Ethol Barol Taylor, b b There was such a feeling of sisterhoodb in Working for Peaceb (1962) - Presidentb s Commission on the Status of Women, b Invitation to Actionb (1963) - Pauli Murray, b Womenb s Rights Are a Part of Human Rightsb (1964) - National Organization of Women b Statement of Purposeb (1966) - Kathie Sarachild, b A Program for Feminist b Consciousness Raisingb b (1968) - Margaret Cerullo, b Hidden History: An Illegal Abortionb (1968) - National Organization for Women, bWhy Feminists Want Child Careb (1969) - Alice de Rivera, b On De-Segregating Stuyvesant High Schoolb (1969) - The Feminists, b Women: Do You Know the Factsabout Marriage?b (1969) - Gainesville Womenb s Liberation, b What Men Can Do for Womenb s Liberationb (1970) - Young Lords Party, b Position Paper on Womenb (1970) - Pat Mainardi, b The Politics of Houseworkb (1970) - A Womenb s Health Collective, b The Male-Feasance of Healthb (1970) - Susan Griffin, b Rape Is a Form of Mass Terrorismb (1970) - Radicalesbians, b The Woman-Identified Womanb (1970) - First National Chicana Conference, b Workshop Resolutions,b (1971) - Johnnie Tillmon, b Welfare is a Womenb s Issueb (1972) - Chicago Womenb sLiberation Union, b Socialist Feminism: A Strategy for the Womenb s Movementb(1972) - Phyllis Schlafly, b Whatb s Wrong with b Equal Rightsb for Women?b (1972) - Susan Jacoby, b Feminism in the $12,000-a-Year Familyb (1973) - Margaret Sloan, b Black Feminism: A New Mandateb (1974) - Letha Scanzoni, b For the Christian, The Idea of Human Freedom Shouldnb t be Threateningb (1976) - Anonymous, b Letter from a Battered Wifeb (ca. 1976) - Deirdre Silverman, b Sexual Harassment Begins with Hiring Proceduresb (1976) - Combahee River Collective, b A Black Feminist Statementb (1977) - Men Allied Nationally for the Equal Rights Amendment, b Ways Men Can Benefitb (1978) - Mitsuye Yamada, b Asian Pacific American Women and Feminismb (1979) - Jerry Falwell, b Rise up against the Tide of Permissiveness and Moral Decayb (1980) - Bernice Johnson Reagon, b Coalition Politics: Turning the Centuryb (1981) - Yoichi Shimatsu and Patricia Lee, b Dust and Dishes: Organizing Workersb (1989) - Jyotsna Vaid, b Seeking a Voice: South Asian Womenb s Groups in North Americab (1989) - Laurie Ouellette, b Building the Third Wave: Reflections of a Young Feministb (1992) - b PFLAG Supports Gay and Lesbian Childrenb (1994) - Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, b Womenb s Rights Are Human Rightsb (1995) - Jennifer Baumgartner and Amy Richards, b A Day without Feminismb (2000) - Appendixes - A Chronology of the American Womenb s Movement, 1945-2000 - Questions for Consideration - Selected Bibliography -
- ISBN: 978-0-312-44801-1
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha Publicación: 30/01/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés