A History of U.S. Feminisms, Rory C. Dicker
A History of U.S. Feminisms, Rory C. Dicker
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A History of U.S. Feminisms

Author: Rory C. Dicker

Narrator: Lessa Lamb

Unabridged: 6 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Seal Press

Published: 07/13/2021


Synopsis

The complete, authoritative, and up to date history of American feminism-intersectionality, sex-positivity

Updated and expanded, the second edition of A History of U.S. Feminisms is an introductory text that will be used as supplementary material for first-year women's studies students or as a brush-up text for more advanced students. Covering the first, second, and third waves of feminism, A History of U.S. Feminisms will provide historical context of all the major events and figures from the late nineteenth century through today.

The chapters cover: first-wave feminism, a period of feminist activity during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries which focused primarily on gaining women's suffrage; second-wave feminism, which started in the '60s and lasted through the '80s and emphasized the connection between the personal and the political; and third-wave feminism, which started in the early '90s and is best exemplified by its focus on diversity, intersectionality, queer theory, and sex-positivity.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kimba on May 11, 2017

This books offers a concise and accessible introduction to the history of feminism in the United States. In 180 pages, Rory Dicker covers three waves of feminism: the issues each wave addressed, their accomplishments and failures, as well as the conflicts that divided the movements. Obviously in 180......more

Goodreads review by Marko on December 02, 2024

Ok prikaz istorije američkog feminizma. Knjiga je kratka i samim tim površna, prilagođena studentima.......more

Goodreads review by RJ on January 18, 2020

I picked up and put down this book so many times. It took me over a year to read 200 pages. This is what I would expect a student to return to me in an introductory women’s studies class. It’s topical. And white. SO white. She reprints a racial slur published by two other white women? Why? Why is tha......more