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Book

Feminism's forgotten fight : the unfinished struggle for work and family

Call Number

  • 305.42 S9791 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.

Physical Description

339 pages ; 25 cm

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.--

Contents

  • Introduction: Feminists' vision forgotten
  • Self
  • Fatherhood
  • Partners
  • Housework
  • Care work
  • Childcare
  • Maternity
  • Flextime
  • Conclusion: The myth of "having it all".

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