The Politics of Women's Rights
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: August 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780691048567
Subjects: Feminism; Political activism; Political science & theory; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Political parties; U.S. History - Post World War II Period; Women And Politics; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Political Process - General; Political Process - Political Parties; Gender Studies; Political Science / Elections; Political Science and International Relations; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; United States - 20th Century; Women's Studies - General; Women's rights; 1945-1989; Politics and government; United States
First sentence: AT ITS 1980 convention, the Republican party refused to endorse the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in its platform, reversing a pattern of nearly forty years of official party support.