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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820166803321

Autore

Leader Shelah Gilbert <1943->

Titolo

American women on the move : the inside story of the National Women's Conference, 1977 / / Shelah Gilbert Leader, Patricia Rusch Hyatt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-3601-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

305.420973/0904

Soggetti

International Women's Year, 1975 - United States

Feminism - United States - History - 20th century

Women's rights - United States - History - 20th century

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

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chronology of the International Women's Year Commission; Chapter One: How IWY Began; Chapter Two: Bella's Bill; Chapter Three: Critical Decisions; Chapter Four: The State Meetings; Chapter Five: Countdown to Houston; Chapter Six: The National Women's Conference; Chapter Seven: Media Coverage; Chapter Eight: After Houston; Chapter Nine: Accomplishments, Unfinished Business, Lessons Learned; Note on Sources; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This study analyzes the social and political impact of the 1977 National Women's Conference. It provides a behind-the-scenes account of this landmark event four decades later and examines how conference delegates discussed the range of barriers to women's equality, debated solutions, and proposed remedies.