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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452950203321

Autore

Goss Kristin A. <1965->

Titolo

The paradox of gender equality : how American women's groups gained and lost their public voice / / Kristin A. Goss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2013

ISBN

1-283-87231-5

0-472-02873-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

CAWP series in gender and American politics

Disciplina

323.3/40973

Soggetti

Women - Political activity - United States

Women's rights - United States

Women - Suffrage - United States

Political participation - United States

Democracy - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Women's citizenship and American democracy -- Suffrage and the rise of women's policy advocacy -- The second wave surges "and then" -- From public interest to "special interests" -- Sameness, difference, and women's civic place -- What drove the changes? the not-so-easy answers -- How public policy shaped women's civic place -- Women, citizenship, and public policy in the 21st century.