Capture The American Women's Movement A Brief History With Documents The Bedford Series In History And Culture Developed By Nancy MacLean Conveyed As Physical Book

resource for high school students needing documents for research or study Great book for primary sources Has a wide variety of different people's opinions on second wave feminism Shows that second wave feminism was not for only one type of woman So I think this is a great little view into the American Women's Movement with a few caveats One it is missing a few of the major writings missing a passage from the Feminine

Mystiue seems kind of silly when you're presenting a book as a starter for students into understanding the AWM as well as referencing it in the introduction Two while the chronological order does accomplish the goal of seeing the evolution it does put some of the topics too separate from each other And Three it only contains two counter revolution documents both of which are very important but seem out of place in the structure of the book Overall a great addition to studies of Feminism and Women's History but not really meant to be or up to being a standalone guide Nancy MacLean's The American Women's MovementA Brief History with Documents was read for WSTIntroduction to Women's and Gender StudiesBecause it was read throughout the semester the following page numbers conclude what I actually read for the classandThe American womens movement was one of the most influential social movements of the twentieth century Beginning with small numbers the womens movement eventually involved tens of thousands of women and men Longstanding ideas and habits came under scrutiny as activists uestioned and changed the nations basic institutions including all branches of government the workplace and the family Nancy MacLeans introduction and collection of primary sources engage students with the most up to date scholarship in US womens history The introduction traces the deep roots of the womens movement and demonstrates the continuity from womens activism in the labor movement and New Deal networks the black civil rights movement and the peace movement to the height of Second Wave feminism and into the Third Wave The primary sources reflect the social breadth and depth of the movement Dispelling the misconception that the American womens movement was solely a white middle class cause the documents include the voices of women of all ages classes and ethnicities Topics addressed range from wage discrimination peace activism housework and childcare sexuality and reproductive rights to welfare education socialism violence against women and Document headnotes a chronology of the womens movement uestions for consideration a selected bibliography and index support student learning classroom discussion and further research Nancy MacLean is the award winning author of Behind the Mask of Chivalry a New York Times “noteworthy” book of the year and Freedom is Not Enough which was called by the Chicago Tribune “contemporary history at its best” The William Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University she lives in Durham North Carolina.