: women, their organizations, and feminism, 1945-1985
/ edited by Kathleen A. Laughlin , Jacqueline L. Castledine.
New York
: Routledge
, 2011.
xii, 268 p.
; 24 cm.
New directions in American history
Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-256) and index.
Introduction : The long history of feminism / Kathleen A. Laughlin -- Civic feminists : the politics of the Minnesota Federation of Business and Professional women's clubs, 1942-1965 / Kathleen A. Laughlin -- The legal origin of "The personal is political" : Bella Abzug and sexual politics in Cold War America / Leandra Zarnow -- "I'm glad as heck that you exist" : feminist lesbian organizing in the 1950s / Marcia Gallo -- Exporting civic womanhood : gender and nation building / Catherine E. Rymph -- The National Council of Negro Women, human rights, and the Cold War / Julie A. Gallagher -- From Ladies Aid to NGO : transformations in Methodist women's organizing in postwar America / A. Lanethea Mathews-Gardner -- The consumers' protective committee : women's activism in postwar Harlem / Julia Sandy-Bailey -- "Pregnant? Need help? Call Jane" : service as radical action in the abortion underground in Chicago / Rebecca M. Kluchin -- Feminizing Portland, Oregon : a history of the League of Women Voters in the postwar era, 1950-1975 / Jennifer A. Stevens -- Barrio women : community and coalition in the heartland / Janet Weaver -- "Stop that Rambo shit...this is femininst softball" : reconsidering women's organizing in the Reagan era and beyond / Jacqueline L. Castledine and Julia Sandy-Bailey -- "It would be stupendous for us girls" : campaigning for women judges without waving / Sally J. Kenney -- Building lesbian studies in the 1970s and 1980s / Susan K. Freeman -- Conclusion : Looking backward, looking forward / Jacqueline L. Castledine.
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Feminism-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Second-wave feminism-- United States.
Women-- Political activity-- United States-- History-- 20th century.