{"product_id":"red-feminism-american-communism-and-the-making-of-womens-liberation-reconfiguring-american-political-history-9780801864896","title":"Red Feminism American Communism and the Making of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRed Feminism provides a more complex view of the history of the modern women's movement, showing how key Communist activists came to understand gender, sexism, and race as central components of culture, economics, and politics in American society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichly detailed... It will appeal to general readers interested in the history of U.S. progressive movements and women's history. Publishers Weekly The gulf between first- and second-wave feminism seems less broad thanks to this thoughtful analysis of women's activism with the Communist Party U.S.A. between World War II and the mid-1950s... An important supplement to standard histories of American feminism. Booklist This excellent book will play a strong part in passing on ideas and concepts to future Democrats, Republicans, Communists, and citizens of the world. -- Char Roone Miller History of Education Quarterly An interesting, well-documented book. -- Marian J. Morton American Historical Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Old Left Women, the U.S. Women's Movement, and the Legacy of Anti-Communism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Foundations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Building Unity Amidst Diversity: Ethnicity, Race, and Gender in the Early Years of American Communism\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The Mary Inman Controversy and the (Re)Construction of the Woman Question, 1936–1945\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. The Congress of American Women: Catalyst for Progressive Feminism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Transformations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Women's Work Is Never done: Communists' Evolving Approach to the Woman Question, 1945–1956 \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Claudia Jones and the Synthesis of Gender, Race, and Class\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Communist Culture and the Politicization of Personal Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Connections\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Old Left Feminism, the Second Wave, and Beyond\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eEssay on Sources\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527613784407,"sku":"9780801864896","price":48.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/red-feminism-american-communism-and-the-making-of-womens-liberation-reconfiguring-american-political-history-9780801864896","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}