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The women's liberation movement
- Title
- The women's liberation movement / Sylvia Engdahl, editor.
- Publication
- Detroit : Greenhaven Press, ©2012.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Engdahl, Sylvia.
- Description
- 218 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- A collection of articles examining the history and controversies of the Women's Liberation Movement.
- Series Statement
- Perspectives on modern world history
- Uniform Title
- Perspectives on modern world history.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- ch. 1. Historical background on the women's liberation movement -- 1. An overview of the women's liberation movement / Vincent Tompkins -- 2. Discrimination against women was considered normal in the 1960s / Gail Collins -- 3. The National Organization for Women aims to change women's status / Betty Friedan -- 4. Civil rights and antiwar activists work toward women's liberation / Gloria Steinem -- 5. Women's liberation activists protest the Miss America Pageant / Linda Napikoski -- 6. Women go on strike for equal opportunities in jobs and education / David M. Dismore -- 7. The women's liberation movement is having an impact on American society / Isa Kapp.
- ch. 2. Controversies surrounding the women's liberation movement -- 1. The claims of the women's liberation movement are unjustified/ Murray Rothbard -- 2. Liberation is of benefit to women, although some doubt the need for It / Black Maria -- 3. Congress must enact an equal rights amendment to the US Constitution / Shirley Chisholm -- 4. Injustice to women is the result of outdated myths / Gloria Steinem -- 5. The ERA would eliminate women's existing privileges / Phyllis Schlafly -- 6. Women throughout the world have lower status than men / Helvi L. Sipilä -- 7. The ERA alone will not end discrimination against women / Betty Ford -- 8. The debate over the ERA led to major changes in the status of women / Leslie W. Gladstone -- 9. Women's liberation advocates were active in Britain during the 1970s / Kira Cochrane -- 10. A United Nations treaty forbids discrimination against women / United Nations -- 11. Some women were not happy with how liberation changed their lives / Susan Faludi.
- ch. 3. Personal narratives -- 1. An activist tells why she supports the women's liberation movement / Phyllis LaFata, interviewed by Ann B. Lever -- 2. A young woman tells why she stopped opposing women's liberation / Joan -- 3. An author of novels about women's liberation recalls her involvement / Alix Kates Shulman, interviewed by / Charlotte Templin -- 4. A black feminist recalls the publication of her first book / Michele Wallace.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-1026
- ISBN
- 9780737757903
- 0737757906
- LCCN
- 2011039803
- OCLC
- 744303267
- Title
- The women's liberation movement / Sylvia Engdahl, editor.
- Imprint
- Detroit : Greenhaven Press, ©2012.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Perspectives on modern world historyPerspectives on modern world history.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Engdahl, Sylvia.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-1026