Big Sister

Feminism, Conservatism, and Conspiracy in the Heartland

Erin M. Kempker (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

222 Seiten

2018
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-08366-2 (ISBN)

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The mid-Seventies represented a watershed era for feminism. A historic National Women's Conference convened in Houston in 1977. The Equal Rights Amendment inched toward passage. Conservative women in the Midwest, however, saw an event like the International Year of the Woman not as a celebration, but as part of a conspiracy that would lead to radicalism and one-world government. Erin M. Kempker delves into how conspiracy theories affected--and undermined--second wave feminism in the Midwest. Focusing on Indiana, Kempker views this phenomenon within the larger history of right-wing fears of subversion during the Cold War. Feminists and conservative women each believed they spoke in women's best interests. Though baffled by the conservative dread of "collectivism," feminists compromised by trimming radicals from their ranks. Conservative women, meanwhile, proved adept at applying old fears to new targets. Kemper's analysis places the women's opposing viewpoints side by side to unlock the differences that separated the groups, explain one to the other, and reveal feminism's fate in the Midwest.

Erin M. Kempker is an associate professor of history at the Mississippi University for Women.

CoverTitle PageCopyrightContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionCHAPTER 1: Women’s Experience in Cold War AmericaCHAPTER 2: Anticommunists and the World Government ConspiracyCHAPTER 3: The Battle over the ERACHAPTER 4: Low-Key Feminism as a StrategyCHAPTER 5: The International Women’s Year as a FulcrumEpilogueNotesIndex

Erscheinungsdatum	02.10.2018
Reihe/Serie	Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History
Zusatzinfo	1 black & white photograph
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	286 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-252-08366-0 / 0252083660
ISBN-13	978-0-252-08366-2 / 9780252083662
Zustand	Neuware