Republican women : feminism and conservatism from suffrage through the rise of the new right / Catherine E. Rymph.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rymph, Catherine E.

Series:

Gender & American culture.

Gender and American culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity--United States.

Conservatism--United States--History.

Feminism--United States--History.

Women political activists--United States.

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the dilemmas confronting progressive, conservative, and moderate Republican women as they sought to achieve a voice for themselves within the Grand Old Party (GOP). This book examines women's grassroots organizing for the party, in the decades following the initiation of women's suffrage.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Party Women and the Dilemmas of Women's Suffrage; 2. So Many Joan of Arcs: The Political Style of Independent Clubwomen; 3. Playing the Man's Game: Marion Martin and the Creation of the National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs; 4. The Return of the Female Political Crusade; 5. The Housework of Government; 6. To Be Neutral or Neutralized?: Republican Women and the Goldwater Campaign; 7. The Rise of Republican Feminism; 8. Going Down in Flames: Republican Feminism and the Rise of the New Right; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-326) and index.

ISBN:

9798890873774

9780807876978

0807876976

OCLC:

476237439