On Account of Sex : The Politics of Women's Issues, 1945-1968 / Cynthia Harrison; ed. by Cynthia Harrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrison, Cynthia Ellen, Author.

Contributor:

Harrison, Cynthia Ellen, Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1988]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examining 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.

Contents:

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

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 09. Dez 2023)

ISBN:

0-520-90930-5

0-585-11541-9

OCLC:

1414455144