UID:
almafu_9960118117302883
Format:
1 online resource (x, 276 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-84006-3
Content:
This book recounts the story of how a diverse social movement placed sexual harassment on the public agenda in the 1970s and 1980s. The collaboration of women from varying racial, economic, and geographic backgrounds strengthened the movement by representing the experiences and perspectives of a broad range of women, and incorporating their resources and strategies for social change. Black women; middle-class feminists; women breaking into construction, coal mining, and other non-traditional occupations; and women in pink-collar and working-class white-collar jobs all helped to convince governments to adopt public policies against sexual harassment in the United States. Based on interviews and original research, this book shows how the movement against sexual harassment fundamentally changed American life in ways that continue to advance women's opportunities today.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Jun 2019).
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Articulating the wrong : resistance to sexual harassment in the early 1970s -- Speaking out : collective action against sexual harassment in the mid-1970s -- A winning strategy : early legal victories against sexual harassment -- Blue-collar workers and hostile environment sexual harassment -- Expansion of the movement in the late 1970s : activism, theory, and the media -- Government policy develops -- Fighting the backlash : feminist activism in the 1980s -- Legal victory : the Supreme Court and beyond -- Conclusion: Entering the mainstream -- Appendix A: Time lines of significant events -- Appendix B: Glossary of select cases.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-87935-3
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9780511840067
