Moving the Mountain
Subtitle: The Women's Movement in America since 1960
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: May 12, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 632
ISBN-13: 9780252067822
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Feminism; c 1960 to c 1970; c 1980 to c 1990; Social Movements; Social Science; Sociology; USA; Feminism & Feminist Theory; United States - 20th Century; Women's Studies - History; Social Science / Women's Studies; Sociology - General; History; Social conditions; United States; Women
First sentence: The turbulent, affluent, optimistic 1960s provided an unusually hospitable climate for feminism.
Description: "Moving the Mountain tells the story of the struggles and triumphs of thousands of activists who achieved "half a revolution" between 1960 and 1990. In this book, Flora Davis presents a grass-roots view of the small steps and giant leaps that have changed laws and institutions as well as the assumptions, prejudices, and unspoken rules governing a woman's place in American society. Looking at every major feminist issue from the point of view of the participants in the struggle, Moving the Mountain conveys the excitement, the frustration, and the creative chaos of feminism's second wave."--Jacket.