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Mothers of Conservatism tells the story of 1950s southern Californian housewives who shaped the grassroots right in the two decades following World War II. Michelle Nickerson describes how red-hunting homemakers mobilized activist networks, institutions, and political consciousness in local education battles, and she introduces a generation of women who developed political styles and practices around their domestic routines. From the conservative movement's origins in the early fifties through the presidential election of 1964, Nickerson documents how women shaped conservatism from t

Women --- Conservatism --- Feminism --- Political activity --- History --- History. --- United States --- Politics and government --- 1950s. --- American conservatism. --- John Birch Society. --- Los Angeles. --- Pasadena affair. --- Southern California. --- activist networks. --- anticommunism. --- antistatist protest. --- brainwashing. --- communism. --- conservatism. --- conservative activism. --- conservative consciousness. --- conservative female. --- conservative females. --- conservative movement. --- conservative women. --- desegregation. --- domestic routine. --- education politics. --- female activists. --- gender consciousness. --- grassroots right. --- housewife populist ideology. --- housewives. --- internationalism. --- local education. --- mental health professionals. --- mind control. --- political consciousness. --- political protest. --- professional psychology. --- school politics. --- women activists. --- women.