Rethinking American Women's Activism (American Social and Political Movements of the 20th Century)

"Rethinking American Womens Activism traces intersecting streams of feminist activism from the nineteenth century to the present. This enthralling narrative brings to life an array of women activists from the abolition, suffrage, labor, consumer, civil rights, welfare rights, farm workers, and low-wage workers movements, and from campus fights against sexual violence, #MeToo, the Red for Ed teachers strikes, and Black Lives Matter. Multi-cultural, multi-racial and cross-class in its framing, the text enables readers to understand the impact of womens activism. It highlights how feminism has flourished through much of the past century within social movements that have too often been treated as completely separate. Weaving the personal with the political, Annelise Orleck vividly evoking the events and people who participated in our eras most far-reaching social revolutions. This new edition has been updated to include recent scholarship and developments in womens activism over the last five years. This book is a perfect introduction to the subject for anyone interested in womens history and social movements"--