Traces the development of the ideas of the women's movement, demonstrating how feminism has redefined the scope of politics, and highlights key issues for consideration in the 1990s

The Past Is Before Us: Feminism in Action Since the 1960s

Politics & Social Sciences

Rowbotham, Sheila

Social Sciences

Pandora Pr

Offering a new perspective on the history of the ideas of the women's movement, Rowbotham traces the actions of women who campaigned for better housing, childcare and working conditions as well as the miners' wives, black women and nurses who campaigned for better pay.

The Past Is Before Us

History

Penguin Books Canada, Limited

Women, resistance, and revolution (Pelican books)

Penguin

The birth, development, and impact of Feminist consciousness is viewed from social, sexual, cultural, and economic perspectives

Woman's Consciousness, Man's World

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Penguin??Books

Dutiful daughters: Women talk about their lives

Dutiful Daughters: Women Talk About Their Lives

Sociology

A history of women in the U.S and Great Britain during the twentieth century explores the incremental progress in women's rights from 1900 to the present, focusing on ordinary women and celebrities alike, who tackled issues as diverse as Barbie dolls and the right to vote. Reprint.

A Century of Women: The History of Women in Britain and the United States in the Twentieth Century

World

Essays discuss the British feminist movement, the role of women in society, socialism, and technology's values

Threads through Time: Writings on History and Autobiography, and Politics

Literature & Fiction

A distinguished social and feminist historian chronicles the dramatic changes that have taken place in the lives of American and British women over the course of the last one hundred years, explaining how women have shaped the twentieth century and featuring essays on topics ranging from lesbian culture to Barbie dolls.

Penguin Group USA

This is a history of the mind-bending 1960s from a social historian who lived through it. While chronicling the exhilaration, hope and enthusiasm of the decade, Sheila Rowbotham reflects her younger self's dithering between principle and vanity.

Promise of a Dream: Remembering the Sixties

Biographies & Memoirs

McCrindle, Jean

Women's Studies

University of Texas Press

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