Feminism’s Forgotten Fight : : The Unfinished Struggle for Work and Family / / Kirsten Swinth.

Kirsten Swinth reconstructs the comprehensive vision of feminism’s second wave at a time when its principles are under renewed attack. In the struggle for equality at home and at work, it was not feminism that failed to deliver on the promise that women can have it all, but a society that balked at...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (307 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction: Feminists’ Vision Forgotten --
1. Self --
2. Fatherhood --
3. Partners --
4. Housework --
5. Care Work --
6. Childcare --
7. Maternity --
8. Flextime --
Conclusion: The Myth Of “Having It All” --
Abbreviations --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Illustration Credits --
Index
Summary:Kirsten Swinth reconstructs the comprehensive vision of feminism’s second wave at a time when its principles are under renewed attack. In the struggle for equality at home and at work, it was not feminism that failed to deliver on the promise that women can have it all, but a society that balked at making the changes for which activists fought.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780674988927
9783110737769
9783110606621
DOI:10.4159/9780674988927
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Kirsten Swinth.