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Blair Melissa Estes <1980->
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Titolo: |
Revolutionizing expectations : women's organizations, feminism, and American politics, 1965-1980 / / Melissa Estes Blair
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Pubblicazione: | Athens, Georgia ; ; London, England : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2014 |
©2014 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
Disciplina: | 305.420973 |
Soggetto topico: | Feminism - United States - History - 20th century |
Women - United States - Societies and clubs - History - 20th century | |
Women - Political activity - United States - History - 20th century | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. Women's Grassroots Political Activism in the 1960s; Chapter Two. Race and Feminism in a Southern City: Durham, North Carolina; Chapter Three. Feminist Coalitions and the era: Indianapolis; Chapter Four. "Not by Tearing Down": Politics and Feminism in Denver; Chapter Five. Responses to Conservatism and the Evolution of Political Tactics; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
Sommario/riassunto: | In the 1970s the women's movement created tremendous changes in the lives of women throughout the United States. Millions of women participated in a movement that fundamentally altered the country's ideas about how women could and should contribute to American society. Revolutionizing Expectations tells the story of some of those women, many of whom took part in the movement in unexpected ways. By looking at feminist activism in Durham, Denver, and Indianapolis, Melissa Estes Blair uncovers not only the workof local chapters but also the feminist activism of Leagues of Women Voters and of wome |
Titolo autorizzato: | Revolutionizing expectations ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8203-4713-2 |
0-8203-4786-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910463537503321 |
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