When everything changed : the amazing journey of American women from 1960 to the present

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Chronicles the revolution of women's civil rights throughout the past half century, drawing on oral history and research in a variety of disciplines while celebrating Hillary Clinton's recent presidential campaign.

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Women Social conditions 20th century

Women United States History 20th century

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ISBN:

9780316059541

Edition:

First Back Bay paperback edition

Description:

x, 475 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:

Originally published: New York: Little, Brown, 2009
Includes reading group guide
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

1960. Repudiating Rosie ; The way we lived ; Housework
When everything changed. The ice cracks ; What happened? ; Civil rights ; The decline of the double standard ; Women's liberation
Following through. Backlash ; "You're gonna make it after all" ; Work and children ; The 1980s : having it all ; The 1990s : settling for less? ; The new millennium ; Hillary and Sarah-- and Tahita

LCCN:

2008054933

Control Number:

3271911

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