Nurses' questions/women's questions
Subtitle: the impact of the demographic revolution and feminism on United States working women, 1946-1986
By: Susan Rimby Leighow.
Series: American university studies.; v. 5
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Nursing -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Nurses -- Employment -- Social aspects -- United States; Feminism -- United States -- History; Married women -- Employment -- Social aspects -- United States; Nurses -- Social conditions -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Description: In the forty year period after World War II, American women's roles and perceptions changed dramatically. Between 1946 and 1986 married females became a large and stable component of the labor force. During the late 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s, a growing number of these women adopted the beliefs of the re-emerging feminist movement. This study analyzes the impact of both the demographic revolution and the women's movement on postwar women workers.

It also traces the rise of a conservative backlash and examines the reasons traditionalist women found feminism threatening. Nursing, a historically feminized occupation, is the prism through which postwar women are studied.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-202) and index.