Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women's Movements

by Linda Gordon, Astrid Henry, Dorothy Sue Cobble

Book Overview

Eschewing the conventional wisdom that places the origins of the American women's movement in the nostalgic glow of the late 1960s, Feminism Unfinished traces the beginnings of this seminal American social movement to the 1920s, in the process creating an expanded, historical narrative that dramatically rewrites a century of American women's history. Also challenging the contemporary "lean-in," trickle-down feminist philosophy and asserting that women's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631490540
• ISBN13: 9781631490545
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.2"