| Edition |
1st trade pbk. ed. |
| Description |
xvi, 446 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 380-416) and index. |
| Contents |
The historical case for feminism -- Before feminism -- Gender and power -- The historical emergence of feminisms -- Women's rights, women's work, and women's sphere -- Race and the politics of identity in U.S. feminism -- The global stage and the politics of location -- The politics of work and family -- Never done : women's domestic labor -- Industrialization, wage labor, and the economic gender gap -- Workers and mothers : feminist social policies -- The politics of health and sexuality -- Medicine, markets, and the female body -- Reproduction : the politics of choice -- Sexualities, identities, and self-determination -- Gender and violence -- Feminist visions and strategies -- New words and images : women's creativity as feminist practice -- No turning back : women and politics. |
| Subject |
Feminism -- History.
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Women -- Social conditions.
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| ISBN |
0345450531 (pbk.) |
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