Breaking the Wave: Women, Their Organizations, and Feminism, 1945-1985

Breaking the Wave: Women, Their Organizations, and Feminism, 1945-1985
ISBN-10
1136909222
ISBN-13
9781136909221
Category
History
Pages
282
Language
English
Published
2012-12-06
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Kathleen A. Laughlin, Jacqueline Castledine

Description

Breaking the Wave is the first anthology of original essays by both younger and established scholars that takes a long view of feminist activism by systematically examining the dynamics of movement persistence during moments of reaction and backlash. Ranging from the "civic feminism" of white middle-class organizers and the "womanism" of Harlem consumers in the immediate postwar period, to the utopian feminism of Massachusetts lesbian softball league founders and environmentally minded feminists in the 1970s and 1980s, Breaking the Wave documents a continuity of activism in both national and local organizing that creates a new discussion, and a new paradigm, for twentieth century women’s history. Contributors: Jacqueline L. Castledine, Susan K. Freeman, Julie A. Gallagher, Marcia Gallo, Sally J. Kenney, Rebecca M. Kluchin, Kathleen A. Laughlin, Lanethea Mathews, Catherine E. Rymph, Julia Sandy-Bailey, Jennifer A. Stevens, Janet Weaver, and Leandra Zarnow.

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