The Women S Rights Movement Since 1945

Author : Christina G. Larocco
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216182818

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The Women's Rights Movement since 1945 by Christina G. Larocco Pdf

Documenting the history of the American women's rights movement from 1945 through the 2016 election, this reference offers a crucial and objective look at the changing strategies, goals, and challenges of American feminists. Many aspects of women's lives in the mid-twentieth century—including legal subjugation to their husbands, limitations in education and employment, and restrictions on sexual and reproductive autonomy—are unthinkable today. Women's lives improved only through the concerted action of several generations of activists, whose work lies at the center of this volume. This book traces women's changing relationships to family, work, education, government, and sexuality from 1945 through the 2016 election. The book begins with an overview essay that places the women's rights movement in its historical context. This is followed by a chronology offering concise profiles of key events. A series of chapters then discusses the history of the women's rights movement since 1945 and what the movement has accomplished. Biographical entries profile key figures involved in the movement, and a selection of primary source documents gives first-hand accounts of the movement. An annotated bibliography directs readers to additional sources of information.

Author : Christina G. Larocco
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 9798216182825

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The Women's Rights Movement Since 1945 by Christina G. Larocco Pdf

Documenting the history of the American women's rights movement from 1945 through the 2016 election, this reference offers a crucial and objective look at the changing strategies, goals, and challenges of American feminists. Many aspects of women's lives in the mid-twentieth century-including legal subjugation to their husbands, limitations in education and employment, and restrictions on sexual and reproductive autonomy-are unthinkable today. Women's lives improved only through the concerted action of several generations of activists, whose work lies at the center of this volume. This book traces women's changing relationships to family, work, education, government, and sexuality from 1945 through the 2016 election. The book begins with an overview essay that places the women's rights movement in its historical context. This is followed by a chronology offering concise profiles of key events. A series of chapters then discusses the history of the women's rights movement since 1945 and what the movement has accomplished. Biographical entries profile key figures involved in the movement, and a selection of primary source documents gives first-hand accounts of the movement. An annotated bibliography directs readers to additional sources of information.

Author : Rochelle Gatlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112725580

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American Women Since 1945 by Rochelle Gatlin Pdf

Author : Betty Friedan
Publisher : Penguin Classics
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0141192054

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The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan Pdf

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 : Bonnie G. Smith
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 0415184916

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Global Feminisms Since 1945 by Bonnie G. Smith Pdf

This is an innovative introduction to the issues of contemporary feminism, with a truly global perspective. It analyses the roots, development, and, in some cases, the conclusions of feminisms and how they have interacted.

Author : Jennifer Joline Anderson
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781617838897

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Women's Rights Movement by Jennifer Joline Anderson Pdf

In the face of injustice, people band together to work for change, and through their influence, what was once unthinkable becomes common. This title traces the history of the women?s rights movement in the United States, including the key players, watershed moments, and legislative battles that have driven social change. Iconic images and informative sidebars accompany compelling text that follows the movement from the work of early suffragists through feminists? work to end discrimination in the mid-twentieth century and up to the continuing challenges that still face the country today. Features include a glossary, selected bibliography, Web sites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Author : Leila J. Rupp,Verta A. Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39076001098446

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Survival in the Doldrums by Leila J. Rupp,Verta A. Taylor Pdf

Author : Leila J. Rupp,Verta A. Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040574910

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Survival in the Doldrums by Leila J. Rupp,Verta A. Taylor Pdf

Survival in the Doldrums is the first book to explore the persistence of the American women's rights movement in a period generally considered devoid of feminist activism and to show the ways in which the more radical movement of the 1960s was influenced by the successes and failures of the 1950s activities. Focusing on women who saw themselves as heirs of the suffrage movement and who were, in many cases, actual participants in that original campaign, the authors have conducted extensive interviews and searched through rare letters and memoirs to reclaim the lost history of this period of American feminism. Pioneers like Alice Paul, Florence Kitchelt, and Alma Lutz were not subverted or overwhelmed by the "feminine mystique" of the 1950s, Rupp and Taylor reveal. These activists maintained their commitment by building a supportive community of mostly white, middle- and upper-class, like-minded women. The movement of the '50s focused on the Equal Rights Amendment with Alice Paul's National Woman's Party leading the fight for its adoption (the ERA had first been formulated by Paul in 1921). Although the movement did not succeed in passing the ERA, it did have some impact. The Amendment came to a vote in the Senate for the first time in the 1950s and the movement's agitation played an important role in the establishment of President Kennedy's Commission on the Status of Women, with Eleanor Roosevelt, Pauli Murray and others. Furthermore, activists worked for the inclusion of sex discrimination in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which remains one of the most significant feminist achievements to date. But the social homogeneity of the movement robbed it of any chance of launching a broad-based challenge on behalf of women's rights. The group remained isolated, small and exclusive -- in the authors's words, "elite-sustained" -- remote from black, labor and socialist movements and often highly conservative. Rupp and Taylor conclude this fascinating history with the observation that it was, nevertheless, these women who maintained the movement until the equation of forces changed, making it possible for a later generation of women to resume a more overt and radical mass-based protest.

Author : Peter J. Ling,Sharon Monteith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135669065

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Gender in the Civil Rights Movement by Peter J. Ling,Sharon Monteith Pdf

In a new anthology of essays, an international group of scholars examines the powerful interaction between gender and race within the Civil Rights Movement and its legacy.

Author : Nancy A. Hewitt
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780470998588

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A Companion to American Women's History by Nancy A. Hewitt Pdf

This collection of twenty-four original essays by leading scholars in American women's history highlights the most recent important scholarship on the key debates and future directions of this popular and contemporary field. Covers the breadth of American Women's history, including the colonial family, marriage, health, sexuality, education, immigration, work, consumer culture, and feminism. Surveys and evaluates the best scholarship on every important era and topic. Includes expanded bibliography of titles to guide further research.

Author : Lorijo Metz
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1900-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781477731420

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The Women’s Suffrage Movement by Lorijo Metz Pdf

While women were part of American history from the outset, they did not win the right to vote until 1920. Readers of this engrossing history of the women’s suffrage movement will discover its roots in the abolitionist movement. They’ll read about the Declaration of Sentiments from the 1848 women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York, which stated, “all men and women are created equal.” The book also discusses how the fight for women’s rights continued after the right to vote had been won. An illustrated timeline, map, and treasure trove of historical photos enrich the learning experience.

Author : Don Nardo
Publisher : Referencepoint Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 168282425X

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The Women's Rights Movement by Don Nardo Pdf

Beginning in the nineteenth century, women in the United States and some other Western countries began to demand equal rights with men. Through public demonstrations, complaints to newspapers and congressmen, and other means, women eventually gained the right to vote and hold public office. This book examines how and why social change occurs and the lasting influence of the women's movement.

Author : Margaret R. Higonnet,Jane Jenson,Sonya Michel
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300044291

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Behind the Lines by Margaret R. Higonnet,Jane Jenson,Sonya Michel Pdf

Essays analyze the two world wars in respect to gender politics and reassesses the differences between men and women in relation to war

Author : Hélène Quanquin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1000226743

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Men in the American Women's Rights Movement, 1830-1890 by Hélène Quanquin Pdf

This book studies male activists in American feminism from the 1830s to the late 19th century, using archival work on personal papers as well as public sources to demonstrate their diverse and often contradictory advocacy of women's rights, as important but also cumbersome allies. Focussing mainly on nine men--William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, James Mott, Frederick Douglass, Henry B. Blackwell, Stephen S. Foster, Henry Ward Beecher, Robert Purvis, and Thomas Wentworth Higginson, the book demonstrates how their interactions influenced debates within and outside the movement, marriages and friendships as well as the evolution of (self-)definitions of masculinity throughout the 19th century. Re-evaluating the historical evolution of feminisms as movements for and by women, as well as the meanings of identity politics before and after the Civil War, this is a crucial text for the history of both American feminisms and American politics and society. This is an important scholarly intervention that would be of interest to scholars in the fields of gender history, women's history, gender studies and modern American history.

Author : Nancy MacLean
Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781319242824

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The American Women's Movement by Nancy MacLean Pdf

The American women’s movement was one of the most influential social movements of the twentieth century. Beginning with small numbers, the women’s movement eventually involved tens of thousands of women and men. Longstanding ideas and habits came under scrutiny as activists questioned and changed the nation’s basic institutions, including all branches of government, the workplace, and the family. Nancy MacLean’s introduction and collection of primary sources engage students with the most up-to-date scholarship in U.S. women’s history. The introduction traces the deep roots of the women’s movement and demonstrates the continuity from women’s activism in the labor movement and New Deal networks, the black civil rights movement, and the peace movement to the height of Second Wave feminism and into the Third Wave. The primary sources reflect the social breadth and depth of the movement. Dispelling the misconception that the American women’s movement was solely a white, middle-class cause, the documents include the voices of women of all ages, classes, and ethnicities. Topics addressed range from wage discrimination, peace activism, housework and childcare, sexuality, and reproductive rights to welfare, education, socialism, violence against women, and more. Document headnotes, a chronology of the women’s movement, questions for consideration, a selected bibliography, and index support student learning, classroom discussion, and further research.