{"product_id":"big-sister-9780252041976","title":"Big Sister","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kempker's deeply researched \u003ci\u003eBig Sister: Feminism, Conservation, and Conspiracy in the Heartland\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting history of how opposing movements shape one another.\" --\u003ci\u003eIndiana Magazine of History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"Kempker illustrates how, even within groups of women such as liberal and conservative, fissures and factions often prevent a solid coalition. She demonstrates the diversity of opinion within feminist and antifeminist groups in a concise, accessible fashion.\" --\u003ci\u003eMiddle West Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kempker provides a fascinating look into the history of conservative women, feminist women, and the relationship between the two groups in the post-WW II US. Highly recommended.\" --\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is useful for understanding why so many Americans found conspiracy theories appealing in the postwar period. . . .\u003ci\u003eBig Sister\u003c\/i\u003e opens the door for scholars to investigate understudies topics.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Annals of Iowa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kempker illustrates how, even within groups of women such as liberal and conservative, fissures and factions often prevent a solid coalition. She demonstrates the diversity of opinion within feminist and antifeminist groups in a concise, accessible fashion.\" --\u003ci\u003eMiddle West Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book does an excellent job of showing how groups on the far right, at least since the early Cold War, have been linked by a common countersubversive ideology. This is really creative and original work.\"--Kathryn S. Olmsted, author of \u003ci\u003eReal Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9\/11\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBig Sister\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling history of feminism and anti-feminism in the American Midwest that delves into the curious realm of conspiracy theories, demonstrating their significant and relentless impact on Heartland conservatism. Erin Kempker's book does the important work of linking Cold War era and New Right conservatism, showing how the steady drumbeat of anti-internationalism, conspiricism, and anti-elitism ignited right-wing activists from the early 1950s through the 1980s. \u003ci\u003eBig Sister\u003c\/i\u003e also documents the 'low-key' Hoosier feminism that developed amidst the challenges posed by conservative backlash and Midwestern reserve, where feminists deliberately abstained from radical, audacious political actions that would work against their interests in promoting the Equal Rights Amendment.\"--Michelle Nickerson, author of \u003ci\u003eMothers of Conservatism: Women and the Postwar Right\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138110882135,"sku":"9780252041976","price":77.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252041976.jpg?v=1751918034","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/big-sister-9780252041976","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}