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Author : Judith Freeman Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X001314604
A day to day chronology of events--both important and anecdotal--that concern American women in the 20th century.
Author : William H. Chafe
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 0195044193
Here is a sweeping study of American women in the 20th century by a leading scholar of women's history. The Paradox of Change ranges from the Progressive Ers and the New Deal to the rise of feminism and the New Right in the 1970s and 1980s. Thoroughly researched and incisively argued, it is essential for anyone who wants to learn more about how women have shaped, and been shaped by, modern America.
Author : William H. Chafe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1992-03-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190613730
When William Chafe's The American Woman was published in 1972, it was hailed as a breakthrough in the study of women in this century. Bella Abzug praised it as "a remarkable job of historical research," and Alice Kessler-Harris called it "an extraordinarily useful synthesis of material about 20th-century women." But much has happened in the last two decades--both in terms of scholarship, and in the lives of American women. With The Paradox of Change, Chafe builds on his classic work, taking full account of the events and scholarship of the last fifteen years, as he extends his analysis into the 1990s with the rise of feminism and the New Right. Chafe conveys all the subtleties of women's paradoxical position in the United States today, showing how women have gradually entered more fully into economic and political life, but without attaining complete social equality or economic justice. Despite the gains achieved by feminist activists during the 1970s and 1980s, the tensions continued to abound between public and private roles, and the gap separating ideals of equal opportunity from the reality of economic discrimination widened. Women may have gained some new rights in the last two decades, but the feminization of poverty has also soared, with women constituting 70% of the adult poor. Moreover, a resurgence of conservatism, symbolized by the triumph of Phyllis Schlafly's anti-ERA coalition, has cast in doubt even some of the new rights of women, such as reproductive freedom. Chafe captures these complexities and contradictions with a lively combination of representative anecdotes and archival research, all backed up by statistical studies. As in The American Woman, Chafe once again examines "woman's place" throughout the 20th century, but now with a more nuanced and inclusive approach. There are insightful portraits of the continuities of women's political activism from the Progressive era through the New Deal; of the contradictory gains and losses of the World War II years; and of the various kinds of feminism that emerged out of the tumult of the 1960s. Not least, there are narratives of all the significant struggles in which women have engaged during these last ninety years--for child care, for abortion rights, and for a chance to have both a family and a career. The Paradox of Change is a wide-ranging history of 20th-century women, thoroughly researched and incisively argued. Anyone who wants to learn more about how women have shaped, and been shaped by, modern America will have to read this book.
Author : Dorothy Marie Brown
Publisher : Twayne Publishers
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003221467
Examines the identity of "the new woman" of the 1920s chronicling their struggles and experiences in contrast to popular images set forth in the mass media and in literature of the day.
Author : Robert L. Daniel
Publisher : Harcourt Brace College Publishers
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105012090275
Author : Susan Ware
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 067401488X
This latest volume brings the project up to date, with entries on almost 500 women whose death dates fall between 1976 and 1999. You will find here stars of the golden ages of radio, film, dance, and television; scientists and scholars; civil rights activists and religious leaders; Native American craftspeople and world-renowned artists. For each subject, the volume offers a biographical essay by a distinguished authority that integrates the woman's personal life with her professional achievements set in the context of larger historical developments.
Author : William Henry Chafe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1153940713
Author : Martha May
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216167648
The twentieth century was a time of great transformation in the roles of American women. Women have always worked and raised families, but, theoretically, the world opened up to them with new opportunities to participate fully in society, from voting, to controlling their reproductive cycle, to running a Fortune 500 company. This content-rich overview of women's roles in the modern age is a must-have for every library to fill the gap in resources about women's lives. Students and general readers will trace the development of American women of different classes and ethnicities in education, the home, the law, politics, religion, work, and the arts from the Progressive Era to the new millennium. The twentieth century was a time of great transformation in the roles of American women. Women have always worked and raised families, but, theoretically, the world opened up to them with new opportunities to participate fully in society, from voting, to controlling their reproductive cycle, to running a Fortune 500 company. This content-rich overview of women's roles in the modern age is a must-have for every library to fill the gap in resources about women's lives. Students and general readers will trace the development of American women of different classes and ethnicities in education, the home, the law, politics, religion, work, and the arts from the Progressive Era to the new millennium. Each narrative chapter covers a crucial topic in women's lives and encapsulates the twentieth-century growth and changes. Women's participation in the workforce with its challenges, opportunities, and gains is the focus of Chapter 1. The developing role of women and the family, taking into consideration consumerism and feminism, is the subject of Chapter 2. Chapter 3 explores women and pop culture and the arts-their roles as creators and subjects. Chapter 4 covers education from the early century's access to higher education until today's female hyperachiever. Chapter 5 discusses women and government, from winning the vote through the battle for the Equal Rights Amendment, to Women's Lib, and public office holding. Chapter 6 addresses women and the law, their rights, their use of the law, their practice of it, and court cases affecting them. The final chapter overviews women and religious participation and roles in various denominations. An historical introduction, timeline, photos, and selected bibliography round out the coverage.
Author : Rosalind Rosenberg
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780809016310
In this lively and informed exploration of women's lives in the larger context of U.S. social and political history, Rosalind Rosenberg shows how American traditions of federalism, racial and ethnic diversity, geographic mobility, and relative abundance have both aided and hindered women's strides toward equality.
Author : Catherine Gourley
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780822560609
Examines the symbols that defined perceptions of women during the late 1910s and 1920s and how they changed women's role in society.
Author : Nancy Deihl
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781350000483
This book is the first in-depth exploration of the revolutionary designers who defined American fashion in its emerging years and helped build an industry with global impact, yet have been largely forgotten. Focusing on female designers, the authors reclaim a place in history for the women who created not only for celebrities and socialites, but for millions of fashion-conscious customers across the United States. From one of America's first couturiers, Jessie Franklin Turner, to Zelda Wynn Valdes, the book captures the lost histories of the luminaries who paved the way in the world of American fashion design. This fully illustrated collection takes us from Hollywood to Broadway, from sportswear to sustainable fashion, and explores important crossovers between film, theater, and fashion. Uncovering fascinating histories of the design pioneers we should know about, the book enlarges the prevailing narrative of fashion history and will be an important reference for fashion students, historians, costume curators, and fashion enthusiasts alike.
Author : Linda A. Kinnahan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 110713756X
A History of Twentieth-Century American Women's Poetry explores the genealogy of modern American verse by women from the early twentieth century to the millennium. Beginning with an extensive introduction that charts important theoretical contributions to the field, this History includes wide-ranging essays that illuminate the legacy of American women poets. Organized thematically, these essays survey the multilayered verse of such diverse poets as Edna St Vincent Millay, Marianne Moore, Anne Sexton, Adrienne Rich, and Audre Lorde. Written by a host of leading scholars, this History also devotes special attention to the lasting significance of feminist literary criticism. This book is of pivotal importance to the development of women's poetry in America and will serve as an invaluable reference for specialists and students alike.
Author : William Henry Chafe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:257006907
Author : Betty Friedan
Publisher : Penguin Classics
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0141192054
When Betty Friedan produced The Feminine Mystique in 1963, she could not have realized how the discovery and debate of her contemporaries' general malaise would shake up society. Victims of a false belief system, these women were following strict social convention by loyally conforming to the pretty image of the magazines, and found themselves forced to seek meaning in their lives only through a family and a home. Friedan's controversial book about these women - and every woman - would ultimately set Second Wave feminism in motion and begin the battle for equality. This groundbreaking and life-changing work remains just as powerful, important and true as it was forty-five years ago, and is essential reading both as a historical document and as a study of women living in a man's world. 'One of the most influential nonfiction books of the twentieth century.' New York Times 'Feminism ...... began with the work of a single person: Friedan.' Nicholas Lemann With a new Introduction by Lionel Shriver
Author : Susan Dworkin
Publisher : Touchstone
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039497362
Traces the changing role of the American woman from the turn of the century to the present, and looks at notable women and their accomplishments.
