Significant Contemporary American Feminists: A Biographical Sourcebook

by Jennifer Scanlon

The history of the second wave of feminism in the United States demonstrates the potential for both serious social change and seemingly intractable divisions among women. Race, ethnicity, social class, sexual orientation, and religion have all been dividing influences among women, shaping their various perspectives on and relations to the women's movement. Yet collectively, women's efforts--identified as second wave feminism--are seen as having...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313301255
• ISBN13: 9780313301254
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"