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Format: 1 online resource (370 p.)

ISBN: 0-520-90930-5 , 0-585-11541-9

Content: Examining the political activities of the period between 1920, when women gained the right to vote, and the mid-1960s, when the women's movement revived, Cynthia Harrison illuminates a long-neglected but vital chapter of women's history.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , Acknowledgments -- , Abbreviations -- , PART ONE. CONSOLIDATION AND STALEMATE, 1945-1960 -- , 1. The Equal Rights Amendment and the Ambivalent Legacy of World War II -- , 2. "Reasonable Distinctions": An Alternative to the ERA -- , 3. "Specific Bills for Specific Ills": Equal Pay Legislation -- , 4. Tokens of Presidential Esteem: Women Appointees -- , PART TWO. MOVING AGAIN -- , 5. A New Frontier for Women: The Kennedy Administration -- , 6. The Equal Pay Act of 1963: Compromise and Victory -- , PART THREE. THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN -- , 7. The PCSW versus the ERA -- , 8. The PCSW and a Unified Agenda for Women's Rights -- , PART FOUR. BEYOND THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION -- , 9. A Model for Action -- , 10. A New Women's Movement -- , CONCLUSION. Political Strategies and Outcomes -- , Appendix 1: Text of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 -- , Appendix 2: Executive Order 10980 Establishing the President's Commission on the Status of Women -- , Appendix 3: Members of the President's Commission and Its Committees -- , Abbreviations -- , Notes -- , Bibliography -- , Index , Issued also in print. , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-520-06121-7

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-520-06663-4

Language: English

DOI: 10.1525/9780520909304