Sex, gender, and the politics of ERA : a state and the nation / Donald G. Mathews, Jane Sherron De Hart

Author: Mathews, Donald G.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Copyright Date: ©1990
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 283 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators: De Hart, Jane Sherron

Access Online

ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu

Availability

Finding items...

Contents

1. Parable: Woman Suffrage and ""Manhood"" in North Carolina; 2. ""Physiological and Functional Differences"": Sam Ervin on Classification by Sex; 3. ""We Just Didn't Realize It Was Going To Be That Difficult"": Political Socialization the Hard Way; 4. ""Idealistic Sisterhood Has Gotten Us Nowhere"": Dressing for Political Combat; 5. ""We Are Called and We Must Not Be Found Wanting"": ERA and the Women's Movement; 6. ""We Don't Want To Be Men!"": Women against the Women's Movement; 7. Men Besieged ""On Account of Sex"": Bargaining in the General Assembly and 8. ERA and the Politics of GenderAcronyms; Notes; Appendixes; Index

Summary

Sex, Gender, and the Politics of ERA is the most profound and sensitive discussion to date of the way in which women responded to feminism. Drawing on extensive research and interviews, Mathews and De Hart explore the fate of the ERA in North Carolina--one of the three states targeted by both sides as essential to ratification--to reveal the dynamics that stunned supporters across America. The authors insightfully link public discourse and private feelings, placing arguments used throughout the nation in the personal contexts of women who pleaded their cases for and against equality. Beginning.

Subject(s)

ISBN

1423737768 (electronic bk.)
9781423737766 (electronic bk.)
9780195360103 (electronic bk.)
0195360109 (electronic bk.)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-266) and index.

View MARC record | catkey: 43320792