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Book SynopsisThe history of one of the nation's most influential voices for equality
Trade Review"This important book is a vital contribution to the growing body of scholarship which is changing our understanding of twentieth-century feminism. From its formation in 1881 as the Association of Collegiate Alumnae to this moment the AAUW has been major force in the American women's movement. As the world has changed, so has it. Susan Levine's book is must reading for scholars in women's history and in organizational theory." --Anne Firor Scott, W.K. Boyd Professor of History Emeirta, Duke University
Table of ContentsIllustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Equality with a Difference: Experts in a Limited Sphere, 1929-1945 1. Education as a Badge of Service 2. Testing the Boundaries of Liberal Feminism 3. Women as World Citizens Part II: Women's Culture and the Crisis of American Liberalism, 1945-1960 4. Retreat from Conflict 5. Higher Education and the New Domesticity 6. Sociability and Racial Justice Part III: Mainstream Feminism and the New Activism, 1960-1979 7. The Expansion of Education and the Feminist Constituency 8. Leaders of the Moderate Mainstream Afterword --Alice Ann Leidel and Jackie DeFazio Notes Appendix A: AAUW Presidents Appendix B: Tables Index
