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Author Hewlett, Sylvia Ann, 1946-

Title A lesser life : the myth of women's liberation in America / Sylvia Ann Hewlett.

Publication Info. New York : W. Morrow, [1986]
©1986

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.4209 H612L    Check Shelf
Description 461 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Introduction -- A personal view -- Between the devil and the deep blue sea -- The economic fallout of divorce -- The wage gap -- Children: the other victims -- The women's movement -- Image and reality -- Equal rights versus social benefits -- Women's liberation and motherhood -- The ERA: a test case -- The aberrant fifties -- Ultradomesticity: the return to hearth and home -- The rise of a cult of motherhood -- Revolt and reaction -- The unraveling of the fifties -- The male rebellion -- Contemporary women: two hostile camps -- Political possibilities -- What can trade unions do for women -- The establishment gropes for an answer -- Epilogue: voices from post-feminist generation.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 405-447.
Subject Feminism -- United States.
Women -- United States -- Social conditions.
Women -- United States -- Economic conditions.
ISBN 0688048552
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