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Freedom for women forging the Women's Liberation Movement, 1953-1970

Title: Freedom for women [electronic resource] : forging the Women's Liberation Movement, 1953-1970 / Carol Giardina.
Author: Giardina, Carol.
Publication: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2010.

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1 online resource (xvi, 321 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

Freedom for women (Online)

Alternative Title

Freedom for women (Online)

Subject

Feminism > United States > History > 20th century
Second-wave feminism > United States
Women's rights > United States > History > 20th century

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents

Toward a female liberation movement -- The "borning" movement: "the idea of doing something about it" -- "Something had to be there already" -- The influence of Simone de Beauvoir -- Next steps to women's liberation -- The influence of black power on the rise of women's liberation -- "After that paper, there would be no turning back" -- Support for women's liberation on the left, new and old -- Making the Women's Liberation Movement -- The movement goes nationwide: 1968-1970 -- The movement is established: 1970.

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