Women and social change in America : a survey of a century of progress /
"Citing "the pill" as the principal catalyst for the sexual revolution and the subsequent gender revolution which continues today, the book examines the ascent of American women in the 21st century and comments on the social and ideological changes that contributed to it. Chapters exa...
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland & Company, Inc.,
2009
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2009 Jefferson, N.C. : ©2009 Jefferson, N.C. : 2009 |
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Table of Contents:
- The ascendancy of women in American life
- The ascent of American women in the 20th century
- The families of women achievers
- Women in the military and the police-storming the last bastion
- Women in American religion: the patriarchy trembles
- Women in science
- Women in government and politics
- From Walter Cronkite to Katie Couric
- The sexual revolution
- The sociology of social change
- The ascendancy of women in American life
- Women and change in the 20th century: education, emancipation, work and the law
- The families of women achievers
- Women in the military and the police-storming the last bastion
- Women in American religion: the patriarchy trembles
- Women in science
- Women in government and politics
- From Walter Cronkite to Katie Couric
- The sexual revolution
- The sociology of social change