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Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women´s Movements
Dorothy Sue Cobble
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Description for Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women´s Movements
Paperback. Reframing feminism for the twenty-first century, this bold and essential history stands up against "bland corporate manifestos" (Sarah Leonard). Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Eschewing the conventional wisdom that places the origins of the American women’s movement in the nostalgic glow of the late 1960s, Feminism Unfinished traces the beginnings of this seminal American social movement to the 1920s, in the process creating an expanded, historical narrative that dramatically rewrites a century of American women’s history. Also challenging the contemporary “lean-in,” trickle-down feminist philosophy and asserting that women’s histories all too often depoliticize politics, labor issues, and divergent economic circumstances, Dorothy Sue Cobble, Linda Gordon, and Astrid Henry demonstrate that the post-Suffrage women’s movement focused on exploitation of women in the workplace as well ... Read more
Eschewing the conventional wisdom that places the origins of the American women’s movement in the nostalgic glow of the late 1960s, Feminism Unfinished traces the beginnings of this seminal American social movement to the 1920s, in the process creating an expanded, historical narrative that dramatically rewrites a century of American women’s history. Also challenging the contemporary “lean-in,” trickle-down feminist philosophy and asserting that women’s histories all too often depoliticize politics, labor issues, and divergent economic circumstances, Dorothy Sue Cobble, Linda Gordon, and Astrid Henry demonstrate that the post-Suffrage women’s movement focused on exploitation of women in the workplace as well ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781631490545
SKU
V9781631490545
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About Dorothy Sue Cobble
Dorothy Sue Cobble lives in Princeton, New Jersey, and teaches at Rutgers University, where she is the Distinguished Professor of History and Labor Studies. Winner of two Bancroft Prizes for best book in American history, Linda Gordon is the author of The Second Coming of the KKK and a biography of photographer Dorothea Lange. She lives in New York and ... Read more
Reviews for Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women´s Movements
"The authors…pose a rich, radical history of women's struggles… This is a necessary book."
Sarah Leonard - The Nation "A quick, compelling and astute history of the women's movement from the 1920s to today and the first major history of women's political, social and economic progress in the United States in a generation."
Scott Porch - Chicago Tribune ... Read more
Sarah Leonard - The Nation "A quick, compelling and astute history of the women's movement from the 1920s to today and the first major history of women's political, social and economic progress in the United States in a generation."
Scott Porch - Chicago Tribune ... Read more