Breaking the wave : women, their organizations, and feminism, 1945-1985 / edited by Kathleen A. Laughlin and Jacqueline L. Castledine. - xii, 268 páginas ; 24 cm. - New directions in American history . - New directions in American history. .

Incluye bibliografía (p. [252]-256).

Introduction: The long history of feminism / Kathleen A. Laughlin -- Civic feminists: the politics of the Minnesota Federation of Business and Professional women´s clubs, 1942-1965 / Kathleen A. Laughlin -- The legal origin of ´The personal is political´: Bella Abzug and sexual politics in Cold War America / Leandra Zarnow -- ´I´m glad as heck that you exist´: feminist lesbian organizing in the 1950s / Marcia Gallo -- Exporting civic womanhood: gender and nation building / Catherine E. Rymph -- The National Council of Negro Women, human rights, and the Cold War / Julie A. Gallagher -- From Ladies Aid to NGO: transformations in Methodist women´s organizing in postwar America / A. Lanethea Mathews-Gardner -- The consumers´ protective committee: women´s activism in postwar Harlem / Julia Sandy-Bailey -- ´Pregnant? Need help? Call Jane´: service as radical action in the abortion underground in Chicago / Rebecca M. Kluchin -- Feminizing Portland, Oregon: a history of the League of Women Voters in the postwar era, 1950-1975 / Jennifer A. Stevens -- Barrio women: community and coalition in the heartland / Janet Weaver -- ´Stop that Rambo shit...this is femininst softball´: reconsidering women´s organizing in the Reagan era and beyond / Jacqueline L. Castledine and Julia Sandy-Bailey -- ´It would be stupendous for us girls´: campaigning for women judges without waving / Sally J. Kenney -- Building lesbian studies in the 1970s and 1980s / Susan K. Freeman -- Conclusion: Looking backward, looking forward / Jacqueline L. Castledine.

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Feminismo.--Historia--Estados Unidos--Siglo XX.
Mujeres.--Actividad política--Historia--Estados Unidos--Siglo XX.

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