TY - BOOK ID - 3494834 TI - Rethinking American women's activism PY - 2015 VL - *4 SN - 9780415811729 9780415811736 9780203069912 9781135089061 9781135089016 9781135089054 0203069919 0415811724 0415811732 PB - New York (N.Y.): Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Feminism KW - Women KW - Women's rights KW - Social movements KW - History KW - Political activity KW - United States KW - Social conditions KW - Politics and government KW - Feminism - United States - History KW - Women - Political activity - United States - History KW - Women's rights - United States - History KW - Social movements - United States - History KW - United States - Social conditions KW - United States - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3494834 AB - "In this enthralling narrative, Annelise Orleck chronicles the history of the American women's movement from the nineteenth century to the present. Starting with an incisive introduction that calls for a reconceptualization of American feminist history to encompass multiple streams of women's activism, she weaves the personal with the political, vividly evoking the events and people who participated in our era's most far-reaching social revolutions. In short, thematic chapters, Orleck enables readers to understand the impact of women's activism, and highlights how feminism has flourished through much of the past century within social movements that have too often been treated as completely separate. Showing that women's activism has taken many forms, has intersected with issues of class and race, and has continued during periods of backlash, Rethinking American Women's Activism is a perfect introduction to the subject for anyone interested in women's history and social movements"-- ER -