Women Politicking Politely - Advancing Feminism in the 1960s and 1970s

Informationen zum Autor Kimberly Wilmot Voss is full professor of journalism at the University of Central Florida. Klappentext This book includes the unknown stories of six important women, including political operatives and journalists, who laid the foundation for improving women’s equality during the 1960s and 1970s. While they largely worked behind the scenes, they made a significant impact. Zusammenfassung This book includes the unknown stories of six important women, including political operatives and journalists, who laid the foundation for improving women’s equality during the 1960s and 1970s. While they largely worked behind the scenes, they made a significant impact. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Meeting the Well-Behaved Women Who Made a Difference Chapter 2: World War II, Women's Pages & Women's Clubs Chapter 3: Journalism Organizations, Women Political Writing & Offbeat Washington Chapter 4: Washington Press Club, Fundraising Cookbooks & Glaser as Head of Washington Press Club Chapter 5: Questions of Feminism, the 1969 Press Conference and the President's Task Force on Women's Rights and Responsibilities Chapter 6: Kathryn Clarenbach, Continuing Education Programs & Helping Traditional Women Chapter 7: Xilonen, the 1975 United Nations Women's Year Conference in Mexico City and the 1977 IWY Meeting in Houston Afterword: What Happened in the Post-Houston Years Bibliography About the Author

Product details

• Authors: Kimberly Wilmot Voss
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781498522298
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2229-8
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Women in American Political History; Women in American Political Hi; Women in American Political History; Women in American Political Hi
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Politics and government, Political science and theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Cultural policies and debates