The U.S. women's movement in global perspective
By: edited by Lee Ann Banaszak.
Contributors: Banaszak, Lee Ann, 1960-
Series: People, passions, and power
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Feminism -- United States.; Feminism -- Cross-cultural studies.
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Other titles: US women's movement in global perspective; United States women's movement in global perspective
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to the U.S. women's movement in global perspective / Lee Ann Banaszak; title: The origins of the women's liberation movement / Jo Freeman; title: From the second to the third wave: continuity and change in grassroots feminism / Nancy Whittier; title: Political activism and discursive politics in the ERA campaign / Barbara Ryan; title: The politics of decision making in the National Organization for Women / Maryann Barakso; title: Grassroots organizing in a federated structure: NOW chapters in four local fields / Jo Reger and Suzanne Staggenborg; title: Political mobilization: African American gendered repertoires / Belinda Robnett; title: Gendered opportunities: the formation of women's movements in the United States and Chile / Lisa Baldez and Celeste Montoya Kirk; title: Women organizing women in the Russian Federation / Carol Nechemias; title: Trends and transformations in women's movements in Japan and the United States / Joyce Gelb; title: Transnational framing of access to abortion in the United States, England, and Ireland / Deana Rohlinger and David S. Meyer; title: Conclusion: the U.S. women's movement and beyond / Lee Ann Banaszak.