Rebecca Dewolf

Gendered Citizenship

The Original Conflict over the Equal Rights Amendment, 1920-1963

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Produktbeschreibung

Gendered Citizenship explores how the original ERA conflict served as the vehicle through which Americans not only forged new conceptions of citizenship, but also renewed the justification for sex-specific treatment.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781496227959
• ISBN-10: 1496227956
• Artikelnr.: 61382763

Autorenporträt

Rebecca DeWolf is a writer and a historian with a PhD in American history. Her research has won recognition through grants and fellowships, including the Dirksen Congressional Research Grant. Her articles have appeared in the Washington Post, Frontiers, and New America Weekly.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: The Equal Rights Amendment and American Citizenship
1. The Radical Nineteenth Amendment: Masculine Citizenship and Women’s
Status
2. “The Right to Differ”: The Power of Protectionism, 1920–1932
3. “To Be Regarded as Persons”: Emancipationism on the Move, 1933–1937
4. “We Women Want to Be Persons Now”: The Rise of Emancipationism,
1938–1945
5. “Motherhood Cannot Be Amended”: The Return of Protectionism in the
Postwar Era
6. “Socially Desirable Concepts”: The Triumph of Protectionism, 1947–1963
Epilogue: The Legacy of Protectionism
Notes
Bibliography
Index