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Author:

Spruill, Marjorie Julian, 1951- author.

Title:

Divided we stand : the battle over women's rights and family values that polarized American politics / Marjorie J. Spruill.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Women social reformers--United States.
Birth control--United States--History.
Women's rights--United States--History.
Women--United States--Social conditions.
Women--Social conditions.
Women--United States--Attitudes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-425) and index.

Contents:

Four days that changed the world -- the rise of the feminist establishment -- To form a more perfect union -- What's wrong with "equal rights" for women? -- An alternative to "women's lib" -- The gathering storm -- Armageddon state by state -- Out of the kitchen and into the counterrevolution -- Mama said there'd be days like this -- Crest of the second wave -- Launching the pro-family movement -- We shall go forth -- Onward Christian soldiers -- Epilogue: A nation divided.

Summary:

"Forty years ago, two women's movements drew a line in the sand between liberals and conservatives. The legacy of that rift is still evident today in American politics and social policies,"--NoveList.

ISBN:

1632863146
9781632863140

OCLC:

(OCoLC)972965013

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