UID:
almafu_9959235014202883
Format:
1 online resource (433 p.)
ISBN:
1-56976-330-5
Content:
Debunking the many myths about how far women have come and the pervasive belief that American society is postfeminist, this account traces women's status and the assault on their rights from the 1950s?when Newsweek declared, ""for the American girl, books and babies don't mix""?to the present, exploring the deception behind women's progress and contextualizing the current situation. The legacy of the women's movement is being short-circuited in every aspect of life, as evidenced by statistics such as the growing wage gap between men and women t
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Inequality-The New Normal; 1 The Awakening of American Women; 2 Feminism Takes Flight; 3 Gender Roles Under Fire; 4 Do Not Bend, Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate; 5 Reagan and the Great Reality Check; 6 Welfare Queens, Herculean Women, and Sex-Starved Stalkers; 7 The Mixed Bag of Bill Clinton; 8 Bushwinked to Bushwhacked; 9 9/11 and Women; 10 9/11 and Men; 11 Military Madness; 12 Starve the Beast, Sink the Nation; 13 Bodily Harm; 14 Birth-Control Activitists, Please Phone Home; 15 Trouble@edu
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16 The Campaign Against Working Women17 Mothers Matter(s); 18 Unpopular Culture; 19 Missing at the Multiplex; 20 The Disappearing Girl; 21 Toxic Males and Tarty Females; 22 Desperately Seeking Self; 23 More Than a Few Good Women; Conclusion: The Change We Need; Resources; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-306-03527-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-55652-776-4
Language:
English
