02871nam 22004935 450 991049614490332120231209095929.00-520-90930-50-585-11541-910.1525/9780520909304(CKB)111057870438046(BIP)001157050(BIP)007270528(DE-B1597)647796(DE-B1597)9780520909304(EXLCZ)9911105787043804620231209h19881988 fg engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOn Account of Sex The Politics of Women's Issues, 1945-1968 /Cynthia Harrison; ed. by Cynthia HarrisonBerkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1988]19881 online resource (370 p.) 0-520-06121-7 0-520-06663-4 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- PART ONE. CONSOLIDATION AND STALEMATE, 1945-1960 -- 1. The Equal Rights Amendment and the Ambivalent Legacy of World War II -- 2. "Reasonable Distinctions": An Alternative to the ERA -- 3. "Specific Bills for Specific Ills": Equal Pay Legislation -- 4. Tokens of Presidential Esteem: Women Appointees -- PART TWO. MOVING AGAIN -- 5. A New Frontier for Women: The Kennedy Administration -- 6. The Equal Pay Act of 1963: Compromise and Victory -- PART THREE. THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN -- 7. The PCSW versus the ERA -- 8. The PCSW and a Unified Agenda for Women's Rights -- PART FOUR. BEYOND THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION -- 9. A Model for Action -- 10. A New Women's Movement -- CONCLUSION. Political Strategies and Outcomes -- Appendix 1: Text of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 -- Appendix 2: Executive Order 10980 Establishing the President's Commission on the Status of Women -- Appendix 3: Members of the President's Commission and Its Committees -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexExamining the political activities of the period between 1920, when women gained the right to vote, and the mid-1960s, when the women's movement revived, Cynthia Harrison illuminates a long-neglected but vital chapter of women's history.HISTORY / United States / GeneralbisacshWomenSocial scienceLawHISTORY / United States / General.305.4/2/0973Harrison Cynthia, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1451986Harrison Cynthia, edthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910496144903321On account of sex3653000UNINA