Examines the ERA movement, its criticisms, and its ultimate defeat in Congress.
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Language: en
Pages: 166
Pages: 166
Looks at the history of previous Constitutional amendments, including income tax, prohibition, women's suffrage, and child labor, and analyzes the factors that stopped the Equal Rights Amendment
Language: en
Pages: 320
Pages: 320
Traces the history of the National Woman's Party, a feminist lobby group organized to make Congress aware of sex discrimination during the twenties and thirties
Language: en
Pages: 152
Pages: 152
Looks at the rise of feminism, the attempt to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, and the future of women's rights
Language: en
Pages: 568
Pages: 568
Women's periodicals have a long history of treating social, political, and economic issues. Through alphabetically arranged entries on individual publications, this reference traces the rich diversity of approaches that these periodicals have taken. Included are entries on more than 70 different periodicals published in the 19th and 20th centuries. Some
Language: en
Pages: 502
Pages: 502
Describes the literary, social, and personal accomplishments of the Nobel- and Pulitzer-prize-winning author and activist.
