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Mothers of Conservatism: Women and the Postwar Right
Michelle M. Nickerson
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Paperback. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 264 pages, 16 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPG; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPFM; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
Mothers of Conservatism tells the story of 1950s Southern Californian housewives who shaped the grassroots right in the two decades following World War II. Michelle Nickerson describes how red-hunting homemakers mobilized activist networks, institutions, and political consciousness in local education battles, and she introduces a generation of women who developed political styles and practices around their domestic routines. From the conservative movement's origins in the early fifties through the presidential election of 1964, Nickerson documents how women shaped conservatism from the bottom up, out of the fabric of their daily lives and into the agenda of the Republican Party. ... Read more
Mothers of Conservatism tells the story of 1950s Southern Californian housewives who shaped the grassroots right in the two decades following World War II. Michelle Nickerson describes how red-hunting homemakers mobilized activist networks, institutions, and political consciousness in local education battles, and she introduces a generation of women who developed political styles and practices around their domestic routines. From the conservative movement's origins in the early fifties through the presidential election of 1964, Nickerson documents how women shaped conservatism from the bottom up, out of the fabric of their daily lives and into the agenda of the Republican Party. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
Series
Politics and Society in Modern America
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691163918
SKU
V9780691163918
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About Michelle M. Nickerson
Michelle M. Nickerson is associate professor of history at Loyola University, Chicago. She is coeditor of Sunbelt Rising: The Politics of Space, Place, and Region.
Reviews for Mothers of Conservatism: Women and the Postwar Right
"Nickerson has enriched conservative historiography by examining the integral role women played in conservatism's development and implementation and has forced feminist historiography to confront the complications that conservative female activists bring to the literature."
Mary C. Brennan, Journal of American History "Michelle M. Nickerson's carefully crafted study of grassroots conservative activists in Los Angeles County in the 1950s and early 1960s ... Read more
Mary C. Brennan, Journal of American History "Michelle M. Nickerson's carefully crafted study of grassroots conservative activists in Los Angeles County in the 1950s and early 1960s ... Read more