Moving the mountain: the women's movement in America since 1960 / Flora Davis
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. 1st Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #352285
ISBN: 0671602071
Physical description: 604 pages; 25 cm. Contents:
The opening salvos -- The resurgence of liberal feminism -- The founding of NOW -- The birth of women's liberation -- Experiments in radical equality -- The media and the movement -- Congress passes the ERA -- Turning points -- The relegalization of abortion -- Women in politics -- Changing education -- The women's health movement -- Lesbian feminism -- Feminists and family issues -- Violence against women -- Equal pay and the pauperization of women -- Diversity: from the melting pot to the salad bowl -- Why the ERA lost -- The eclipse of the gender gap -- The new right and the war on feminism -- The unending struggle over abortion -- The women's movement in the 1980s -- The future of feminism: the 1990s and beyond. Subjects:
Feminism United States History. Women United States Social conditions. Women Social conditions.
Price: €12.95