Feminism: Reinventing the F-Word

by Nadia Abushanab Higgins

Hardcover, 2016

Status

Checked out

Publication

Twenty-First Century Books (2016), 160 pages

Description

Reference. Sociology. Young Adult Nonfiction. HTML: While most people say they believe in equal rights, the word feminism�??America's new F-word�??makes people uncomfortable. Explore the history of US feminism through pioneers such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, and Gloria Steinem. Meet modern leaders such as Rebecca Walker and Julie Zeilinger, who are striving to empower women at work, in government, at home�??and in cultural and personal arenas. Learn from interviews with movement leaders, scholars, pop stars, and average women, what it means to be a feminist�??or to reject it altogether. After reading this book, readers will be able to respond to "Am I a feminist?" with a confident, informed

Language

Original language

English

ISBN

1467761478 / 9781467761475

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