Women in Modern America: A Brief History - Softcover

Banner, Lois W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0155009486 ISBN 13: 9780155009486

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 1994

Synopsis

Appropriate as a primary or supplementary text for courses in the History of Women in the U.S., the U.S. History Survey, 20th Century U.S. History, or as a supplement for many courses in sociology and political science. This book provides both pictorial and textual documentation of women's roles in the U.S. from 1890 to present. Banner's goals are to explore the reasons why feminism rose, fell, and then rose again; to examine the history of various groups of women; and to focus on the continuing struggle women face in claiming their rights.

About this title

About the Author:

Lois Banner has taught at Rutgers University, Princeton University, the University of Scranton, Hamilton College, the University of Maryland, and George Washington University. Currently, she is Professor of History and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California. Her previous books include AMERICAN BEAUTY; IN FULL FLOWER: AGING WOMEN, POWER, AND SEXUALITY and most recently Intertwined Lives, an acclaimed chronicle of the lives and loves of Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict.

Review:

1. The Emergence of the Modern American Woman, 1890. 2. Organizers and Innovators: Reformists, Feminists, Union Leaders, and Suffragists, 1890-1920. 3. Freedom and Disillusionment, The 1920s. 4. Women in the Depression and War Era, 1930-1945. 5. A Conservative Era, 1945-1960. 6. Progress and Backlash, The 1960s and 1970s. 7. The Third Wave, 1980-2004. Bibliography. Photo Credits. Index.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0155009486
• ISBN 13: 9780155009486
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3