The Paradox of Change: American Women in the 20th Century
- ISBN-10
- 0195044193
- ISBN-13
- 9780195044195
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Author
- William H. Chafe
Description
Here is a sweeping study of American women in the 20th century by a leading scholar of women's history. The Paradox of Change ranges from the Progressive Ers and the New Deal to the rise of feminism and the New Right in the 1970s and 1980s. Thoroughly researched and incisively argued, it is essential for anyone who wants to learn more about how women have shaped, and been shaped by, modern America.
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