Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-233) and index.
Contents
The ascendancy of women in American life -- Women and change in the 20th century--education, emancipation, work and the law -- The families of women achievers -- Women in the military and the police--storming the last bastion -- Women in American religion--the patriarchy trembles -- Women in science -- Women in government and politics -- From Walter Cronkite to Katie Couric -- The sexual revolution -- The sociology of social change.