Divided we stand : the battle over women's rights and family values that polarized American politics / Marjorie J. Spruill.

"Forty years ago, two women's movements drew a line in the sand between liberals and conservatives. The legacy of that rift is still evident today in American politics and social policies, "--NoveList. "Gloria Steinem was quoted in 2015 (in the New Yorker) as saying the National Women's Conference i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spruill, Marjorie Julian, 1951- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury, 2017.
Subjects:
National Women's Conference (U.S.) > (1977 : > Houston, Tex.)
Women social reformers > United States.
Women's rights > United States.
Women > United States > Social conditions.
Women > United States > Attitudes.
Feminism > United States.
Anti-feminism > United States.
Feminists > Political activity > United States.
Women conservatives > Political activity > United States.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
HISTORY > Social History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Women > Social conditions.
Women's rights.
Anti-feminism.
Feminism.
Feminists > Political activity.
Women > Attitudes.
Women social reformers.
United States.
Physical Description:436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Four days that changed the world
  • The rise of the feminist establishment
  • To form a more perfect union
  • What's wrong with "equal rights" for women?
  • An alternative to "women's lib"
  • The gathering storm
  • Armageddon state by state
  • Out of the kitchen and into the counterrevolution
  • Mama said there'd be days like this
  • Crest of the second wave
  • Launching the pro-family movement
  • We shall go forth
  • Onward Christian soldiers
  • A nation divided.