Women in Modern America: A Brief History - Softcover
Examines the history of women in America from 1890 to the present, an era divided into three distinct periods each characterized by a different attitude toward the social role of women
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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.
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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.
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- PublisherHarcourt College Pub
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0155961969
- ISBN 13 9780155961968
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages303
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated cover/NF w/light edge wear & faint creasing to upper front corner. An examination of the history of women in American from 1890 to the present. Three periods discernable. The first, 1890-1920, marked by energy and innovation as many traditional discriminations against women came to an end and reform groups emerged; the second, 1920-1960, marked by complacency with dwindling feminist groups as the nation struggled with depression and war; and, the third, 1960 to the present, emergence of a feminism more radical than any of its predecessors. Fine copy. Seller Inventory # 001173
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