Sex, gender, and the politics of ERA : a state and the nation / Donald G. Mathews, Jane Sherron De Hart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mathews, Donald G., author.

De Hart, Jane Sherron, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's rights--North Carolina.

Women's rights.

Equal rights amendments--North Carolina.

Equal rights amendments.

Feminism--North Carolina.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 1992

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sex, Gender, and the Politics of ERA is the most profound and sensitive discussion to date of the way in which women responded to feminism. Drawing on extensive research and interviews, Mathews and De Hart explore the fate of the ERA in North Carolina--one of the three states targeted by both sides as essential to ratification--to reveal the dynamics that stunned supporters across America. The authors insightfully link public discourse and private feelings, placing arguments used throughout the nation in the personal contexts of women who pleaded their cases for and against equality. Beginning

Contents:

Contents; 1. Parable: Woman Suffrage and ""Manhood"" in North Carolina; 2. ""Physiological and Functional Differences"": Sam Ervin on Classification by Sex; 3. ""We Just Didn't Realize It Was Going To Be That Difficult"": Political Socialization the Hard Way; 4. ""Idealistic Sisterhood Has Gotten Us Nowhere"": Dressing for Political Combat; 5. ""We Are Called and We Must Not Be Found Wanting"": ERA and the Women's Movement; 6. ""We Don't Want To Be Men!"": Women against the Women's Movement; 7. Men Besieged ""On Account of Sex"": Bargaining in the General Assembly

8. ERA and the Politics of GenderAcronyms; Notes; Appendixes; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781280443152

1280443154

9781423737766

1423737768

9780195360103

0195360109

9781601299048

1601299044

OCLC:

475956364