The women's rights movement since 1945 : a reference guide / Christina G. Larocco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larocco, Christina G., author.

Series:

Guides to historic events in America

Guides to historic events in America, Randall M. Miller

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's rights--United States--History--20th century.

Women's rights.

Women's rights--United States--History--21st century.

Feminism--United States--History--20th century.

Feminism.

Feminism--United States--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

xlii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2023]

Summary:

Documenting the history of the American women's rights movement from 1945 through the 2016 election, this reference offers a crucial and objective look at the changing strategies, goals, and challenges of American feminists. Many aspects of women's lives in the mid-twentieth century -- including legal subjugation to their husbands, limitations in education and employment, and restrictions on sexual and reproductive autonomy -- are unthinkable today. Women's lives improved only through the concerted action of several generations of activists, whose work lies at the center of this volume. This book traces women's changing relationships to family, work, education, government, and sexuality from 1945 through the 2016 election. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Left and labor feminism in the Cold War

2. Women in the Civil Rights Movement

3. A civil rights movement for women

4. The Women's Liberation Movement

5. Second-wave feminism and the rights revolution

6. Conservative women and backlash

7. Culture and conflict in the second wave

8. American feminism at the end of the twentieth century

Epilogue

Biographical Essays

Primary Documents

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781440869075

1440869073

OCLC:

1334726802