Women and Social Change in America

A Survey of a Century of Progress

Gerhard Falk (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

245 Seiten

2009
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-4035-1 (ISBN)

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Examines modern advances in gender equality and contemporary feminist discourse as a result of the American sexual revolution. This title explains how and why the sexual revolution of the 1960s continues to have profound effects on modern views of femininity and what it means to be an American woman.

This book examines modern advances in gender equality and contemporary feminist discourse as a result of the American sexual revolution. It explains how and why the sexual revolution of the 1960s continues to have profound effects on modern views of femininity and what it means to be an American woman. Chapters cover how effective and available birth control affected women's advancement, the breakdown of traditional gender roles, and women's entrance into formerly male-dominated occupations.

Gerhard Falk is a professor of sociology at Buffalo State College, in Buffalo, New York. He is the author of 22 books and more than 45 journal articles.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. The Ascendancy of Women in American Life

2. Women and Change in the 20th Century—Education,

Emancipation, Work and the Law

3. The Families of Women Achievers

4. Women in the Military and the Police—Storming the Last Bastion

5. Women in American Religion—The Patriarchy Trembles

6. Women in Science

7. Women in Government and Politics

8. From Walter Cronkite to Katie Couric

9. The Sexual Revolution

10. The Sociology of Social Change

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.6.2009
Zusatzinfo	notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	336 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Sozialgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-7864-4035-X / 078644035X
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-4035-1 / 9780786440351
Zustand	Neuware