Divided we stand : the battle over women's rights and family values that polarized American politics / Marjorie J. Spruill.
Publication details: New york/london : Bloomsbury, 2017.Description: 436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781632863140
- 1632863146
- National Women's Conference (U.S.) (1977 : Houston, Tex)
- Women's rights -- United States
- Feminism -- United States
- Anti-feminism -- United States
- Feminists -- Political activity -- United States
- Women conservatives -- Political activity -- United States
- Women social reformers -- United States
- Women -- United States -- Social conditions
- Women -- United States -- Attitudes
- Birth control -- United States -- History
- Women -- Social conditions
- Women's rights -- United States -- History
- 305.4/0973 23
- HQ1421 .S683 2017
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 305.4 SPR | Available | 066424 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-425) and index.
Four days that changed the world -- the rise of the feminist establishment -- To form a more perfect union -- What's wrong with "equal rights" for women? -- An alternative to "women's lib" -- The gathering storm -- Armageddon state by state -- Out of the kitchen and into the counterrevolution -- Mama said there'd be days like this -- Crest of the second wave -- Launching the pro-family movement -- We shall go forth -- Onward Christian soldiers -- Epilogue: A nation divided.
"Forty years ago, two women's movements drew a line in the sand between liberals and conservatives. The legacy of that rift is still evident today in American politics and social policies,"--NoveList.