Women and social change in America
Subtitle: a survey of a century of progress
By: Gerhard Falk.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780786440351
Subjects: Women -- United States -- Social conditions; Social change -- United States
Description: "Citing "the pill" as the principal catalyst for the sexual revolution and the subsequent gender revolution which continues today, the book examines the ascent of American women in the 21st century and comments on the social and ideological changes that contributed to it. Chapters examine the entrance of women into formerly male-dominated occupations"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The ascendancy of women in American life; title: The ascent of American women in the 20th century; title: The families of women achievers; title: Women in the military and the police-storming the last bastion; title: Women in American religion: the patriarchy trembles; title: Women in science; title: Women in government and politics; title: From Walter Cronkite to Katie Couric; title: The sexual revolution; title: The sociology of social change.