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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813481103321

Autore

McArthur Judith N

Titolo

Texas through women's eyes : the twentieth-century experience / / Judith N. McArthur and Harold L. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2010

ISBN

0-292-78488-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Collana

Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; ; bk. 24

Altri autori (Persone)

SmithHarold L

Disciplina

305.4209764/0904

Soggetti

Women - Texas - History - 20th century

Women - Texas - Social conditions - 20th century

Women's rights - Texas - History - 20th century

Women - Political activity - Texas - History - 20th century

Political culture - Texas - History - 20th century

Texas Social conditions 20th century Sources

Texas Politics and government 20th century Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Social reform and suffrage in the progressive era, 1900-1920 -- pt. 2. Post-suffrage politics, Depression, and war, 1920-1945 -- pt. 3. Conformity, civil rights, and social protest, 1945-1965 -- pt. 4. Feminism, backlash, and political culture, 1965-2000.

Sommario/riassunto

Texas women broke barriers throughout the twentieth century, winning the right to vote, expanding their access to higher education, entering new professions, participating fully in civic and political life, and planning their families. Yet these major achievements have hardly been recognized in histories of twentieth-century Texas. By contrast, Texas Through Women's Eyes offers a fascinating overview of women's experiences and achievements in the twentieth century, with an inclusive focus on rural women, working-class women, and women of color. McArthur and Smith trace the history of Texas women through four eras. They discuss how women entered the public sphere to work for social reforms and the right to vote during the Progressive era (1900–1920); how they continued working for reform and social justice and for greater opportunities in education and the workforce during the



Great Depression and World War II (1920–1945); how African American and Mexican American women fought for labor and civil rights while Anglo women laid the foundation for two-party politics during the postwar years (1945–1965); and how second-wave feminists (1965–2000) promoted diverse and sometimes competing goals, including passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, reproductive freedom, gender equity in sports, and the rise of the New Right and the Republican party.