The women's movement against sexual harassment
By: Carrie N. Baker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780521879354; 9780521704946
Subjects: Sexual harassment of women -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Feminism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Sexual harassment of women -- Law and legislation -- United States; Women's rights -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-266) and index
Table of contents: title: Articulating the wrong : resistance to sexual harassment in the early 1970s; title: Speaking out : collective action against sexual harassment in the mid-1970s; title: A winning strategy : early legal victories against sexual harassment; title: Blue-collar workers and hostile environment sexual harassment; title: Expansion of the movement in the late 1970s : activism, theory, and the media; title: Government policy develops; title: Fighting the backlash : feminist activism in the 1980s; title: Legal victory : the Supreme Court and beyond; title: Conclusion: Entering the mainstream; title: Appendix A: Time lines of significant events; title: Appendix B: Glossary of select cases