| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
xii, 500 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
American women today -- Introduction: sexual stereotypes as political ideology -- The nature of woman: psychological theories -- The self-fulfilling prophecy: sex role socialization -- The family: refuge or prison? -- The exploitation of working women -- Professional women: the obstacle course -- Women and the law -- Women's place throughout history -- Women's place: from hunting and gathering societies to capitalism -- Women in the contemporary world -- A century of struggle: American women, 1820-1920 -- Forty years in the desert: American women, 1920-1960 -- The new struggle for liberation: American women, 1960 to the present -- Current issues of the women's movement -- Theories of women's liberation. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 471-478. |
| Subject |
Women -- History.
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Women -- United States -- History.
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Feminism.
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| ISBN |
0060416157 paperback |
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