A01=Kimberly Wilmot Voss
Activism
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
American History
Author_Kimberly Wilmot Voss
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=JBCC8
Category=JBSF1
Category=JP
Category=JPA
Category=JPQB
Commision on Status of Women
COP=United States
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Journalism History
Language_English
National Organization for Women
PA=Available
Political History
Politicking
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
softlaunch
Women
Women and Journalism
Women and Politics
Women's History
Women's Liberation Movement
Women's Studies
Product details
- ISBN 9781498522311
- Weight: 259g
- Dimensions: 153 x 219mm
- Publication Date: 10 Jun 2019
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
This book includes the relatively unknown stories of six important women who laid the foundation for improving women’s equality in the U.S. While they largely worked behind the scenes, they made a significant impact. In the group are two female political operatives who worked behind the scenes along with four female journalists who also occasionally worked within government to advance women’s rights during the 1950s through the 1970s. Much of it centers on Washington, D.C., as well as the more unlikely cities of Madison, Wisconsin and Miami, Florida. It includes the story of a women’s page journalist who published an official government report in her newspaper section when the White House refused to release it. This book documents the stories of women who organized to help gain employment for other women and also worked to raise the stature of homemakers. Numerous other issues for women were also addressed. The fight for equality became more visible in the 1960s although the foundation had been laid as early as the 1950s, fueled by the post-World War II era. Change was initiated by a mix of women in government and women in the news media – at times going back and forth in those positions. These particular women were chosen because of their interactions with each other as they rallied around a common cause and because their names were overshadowed by other women’s liberation leaders. It is not meant to be an exhaustive story of the fight for women’s rights but rather an addition to the great memoirs and scholarship that already exist.
Kimberly Wilmot Voss is professor of journalism at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.
