Covering politics, economics, popular culture, marriage, and family, and including the perspectives of women ranging from leaders of NOW to little-known women who simply wanted more out of their lives, [this book] paints a vast canvas of society in upheaval.-Back cover.
Recounts for the first time the incredible story of the past forty years in women's history, drawing from an extraordinary range of interviews, archives, and published sources.
"Forty years ago few women worked, married women could not borrow money in their own names, schools imposed strict quotas on female applicants, and sexual harassment did not exist as a legal concept. Yet despite the enormous changes for women in America since 1960, and despite a…
Recounts for the first time the incredible story of the past forty years in women's history, drawing from an extraordinary range of interviews, archives, and published sources.
"Forty years ago few women worked, married women could not borrow money in their own names, schools imposed strict quotas on female applicants, and sexual harassment did not exist as a legal concept. Yet despite the enormous changes for women in America since 1960, and despite a…