Perspectives on women in the 1980s

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  • Contributor:

    Emery, Lois

    ,

    Turner, Joan

    Summary:

    We are now fifteen years into the second wave of feminism, and public opinion polls show majority support for all the basic issues raised by the women’s movement. This collection of articles focuses on strategies and directions for the movement that will enable all women to benefit from changing attitudes in the 1980s.

    Contents:
    • There comes a time / Joan Turner
    • Perspectives on women in the 1980s / Gloria Steinem
    • The power politics of motherhood / Helen Levine
    • Poverty, the feminine complaint / Dorothy O'Connell
    • Native women and the state / Marlene Pierre-Aggamaway
    • Feminist counselling / Helen Levine
    • Women as providers and consumers / Helen Levine, Dorothy O'Connell, Marlene Pierre-Aggamaway
    • The electronic sweatshop / Judith Gregory
    • Women, families and the state / Margrit Eichler
    • Romantic love and reproductive rights / Deirdre English
    • Strategies for the eighties / Margrit Eichler [and others]
    • Change, hope and celebration / Joan Turner
    • Selected readings and resources (p. 159-172) / Kim Clare and Sheila Gordon.
    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History, Social science
    Original Publisher: [Winnipeg, Man.] , University of Manitoba Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    0887556086

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    9780887556081

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    0887551300

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    9780887551307

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    9780887550751

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DC Contributor

Emery, Lois

Turner, Joan

Abstract

We are now fifteen years into the second wave of feminism, and public opinion polls show majority support for all the basic issues raised by the women’s movement. This collection of articles focuses on strategies and directions for the movement that will enable all women to benefit from changing attitudes in the 1980s.

Genre
Canadian nonfiction
History
Social science
Publisher (Source)

[Winnipeg, Man.]

University of Manitoba Press

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