Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-187) and index.
Contents:
Foreword -- Preface -- List of illustrations -- Part 1: Introduction: Movement That Changed A Nation -- Impact of activism -- Long women's movement -- Chilling effects of the red scare -- Civil rights organizing offers a way forward -- New feminism of the "second wave" -- Changing culture and policy -- Conservative backlash -- Carrying on in a polarized era -- American feminists on a global stage -- Part 2: Documents -- 1: Position of the American woman today / Congress of American Women, 1946 -- 2: Women are household slaves / Edith M Stern, 1949 -- 3: Union protects its women members / United auto workers, 1955 -- 4: Purpose of the daughters of Bilitis / Daughters of Bilitis, 1955 -- 5: Developing leadership among other people," in Civil Rights / Ella Baker, 1960 -- 6: There was such a feeling of sisterhood in working for peace / Ethol Barol Taylor, 1962 -- 7: Invitation to action / President's commission on the status of women, 1963 -- 8: Women's rights are a part of human rights / Pauli Murray, 1964 -- 9: Statement of purpose / National Organization of Women, 1966 -- 10: Program for feminist 'consciousness raising / Kathie Sarachild, 1968 -- 11: Hidden history: an illegal abortion / Margaret Cerullo, 1968 -- 12: Why feminists want child care / National Organization for Women, 1969 -- 13: On de-segregating a high school / Alice de Rivera, 1969 -- 14: Women: do you know the facts about marriage? / Feminists, 1969 -- 15: What men can do for women's liberation / Gainesville women's liberation, 1970 -- 16: Position paper on women / Young lords party, 1970 -- 17: Politics of housework / Pat Mainardi, 1970 -- 18: Male-feasance of health / Women's health collective, 1970 -- 19: Rape is a form of mass terrorism / Susan Griffin, 1970 -- 20: Woman-identified woman / Radicalesbians, 1970 -- 21: Workshop resolutions / First national Chicana conference, 1971 -- 22: Welfare is a women's issue / Johnnie Tillmon, 1972 -- 23: Socialist feminism: a strategy for the women's movement / Chicago women's liberation union, 1972 -- 24: What's wrong with 'equal rights' for women? / Phyllis Schlafly, 1972 -- 25: Feminism in the $12,000-a-year family / Susan Jacoby, 1973 -- 26: Black feminism: a new mandate / Margaret Sloan, 1974 -- 27: For the Christian, the idea of human freedom shouldn't be threatening / Letha Scanzoni, 1976 -- 28: Letter from a battered wife / Anonymous, ca 1976 -- 29: Sexual harassment begins with hiring procedures / Deirdre Silverman, 1976 -- 30: Black feminist statement / Combahee River collective, 1977 -- 31: Ways men can benefit / Men allied nationally for the equal rights amendment, 1978 -- 32: Asian Pacific American women and feminism / Mitsuye Yamada, 1979 -- 33: Rise up against the tide of permissiveness and moral decay / Jerry Falwell, 1980 -- 34: Going beyond boundaries / Charlotte Bunch, 1985 -- 35: Dust and dishes: organizing workers / Yoichi Shimatsu and Patricia Lee, 1989 -- 36: Seeking a voice: South Asian women's groups in North America / Jyotsna Vaid, 1989 -- 37: Building the third wave: reflections of a young feminist / Laurie Ouellette, 1992 -- 38: PFLAG supports gay and lesbian children / Candace Steele, 1994 -- 39: Women's rights are human rights / Beijing declaration and platform for action,1995 -- 40: Day without Feminism / Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards, 2000 -- Appendixes -- Chronology of the American women's movement, 1945-2000 -- Questions for consideration -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
Summary:
From the Publisher: The American women's movement was one of the most influential social movements of the twentieth century. Beginning with small numbers, the women's movement eventually involved tens of thousands of women and men. Longstanding ideas and habits came under scrutiny as activists questioned and changed the nation's basic institutions, including all branches of government, the workplace, and the family. Nancy MacLean's introduction and collection of primary sources engage students with the most up-to-date scholarship in U.S. women's history. The introduction traces the deep roots of the women's movement and demonstrates the continuity from women's activism in the labor movement and New Deal networks, the black civil rights movement, and the peace movement to the height of Second Wave feminism and into the Third Wave. The primary sources reflect the social breadth and depth of the movement. Dispelling the misconception that the American women's movement was solely a white, middle-class cause, the documents include the voices of women of all ages, classes, and ethnicities. Topics addressed range from wage discrimination, peace activism, housework and childcare, sexuality, and reproductive rights to welfare, education, socialism, violence against women, and more. Document head notes, a chronology of the women's movement, questions for consideration, a selected bibliography, and index support student learning, classroom discussion, and further research.
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