perceptions of women from the 1970s through the 1990s
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Gourley, Catherine
- Publish Year
- 2008
- Shelfmark
- VS 54 2008
- Thesaurus
- populaire cultuur, media, vrouwbeelden, feminisme, gelijke behandeling, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw, 1970-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-1999
- Description
- Book about the images and issues that framed perceptions about women during the 1970s through the 1990s. tumultuous decades. The term Ms. was adopted by feminists' women who believed in equal pay for equal work, freedom from sexual harassment, and equal employment opportunities. The Material Girls wanted all this and more: control over their own lives, the kind of control that could only be achieved through money and power.