03216nam 22006374a 450 991077760720332120230828223733.0979-88-908794-8-60-8078-7710-7(CKB)1000000000467137(EBL)413285(OCoLC)476236686(SSID)ssj0000154135(PQKBManifestationID)11148521(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000154135(PQKBWorkID)10406160(PQKB)10162140(Au-PeEL)EBL413285(CaPaEBR)ebr10273446(CaONFJC)MIL930734(MiAaPQ)EBC413285(EXLCZ)99100000000046713720051130d2006 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFeminism, sexuality, and politics[electronic resource] essays /by Estelle B. FreedmanChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20061 online resource (270 p.)Gender and American cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-5694-0 0-8078-3031-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-240) and index.Introduction: Identities, values, and inquiries : a personal history -- Separatism as strategy : female institution building and American feminism, 1870-1930 -- Separatism revisited : women's institutions, social reform, and the career of Miriam Van Waters -- Women's networks and women's loyalties : reflections on a tenure case -- Small group pedagogy : consciousness raising in conservative times -- No turning back : the historical resilience of feminism -- The historical construction of homosexuality in the United States -- Uncontrolled desires : the response to the sexual psychopath, 1920-1960 -- The prison lesbian : race, class, and the construction of the aggressive female homosexual, 1915-1965 -- The burning of letters continues : elusive identities and the historical construction of sexuality -- When historical interpretation meets legal advocacy : abortion, sodomy, and same-sex marriage.One of a small group of feminist pioneers in the historical profession, Estelle B Freedman teaches and writes about women's history with a passion informed by her feminist values. This book brings together eleven essays that document the evolving relationship between academic feminism and political feminism as Freedman has studied and lived it.Gender & American culture.FeminismUnited StatesHistoryWomen's studiesUnited StatesHomosexualityUnited StatesHistorySexPolitical aspectsUnited StatesFeminismHistory.Women's studiesHomosexualityHistory.SexPolitical aspects306.7082Freedman Estelle B.1947-890653MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777607203321Feminism, sexuality, and politics3704009UNINA