Jo Freeman Bücher

The book explores the significant role American women played in political life and party politics prior to suffrage. Jo Freeman details how women educated themselves on political issues, candidates, and institutions, becoming vital contributors to the political system and essential support for male candidates. This narrative highlights their strategic involvement and the foundational work they did in shaping the political landscape, showcasing their influence long before they gained the right to vote.

Focusing on the historical context of women's political struggles in the United States, the book presents fifteen case studies that illustrate how women have fought for political power. It is structured into three sections, each detailing distinct methods women have used to break barriers, engage in politics, and advocate for public policy. By highlighting these efforts, the work sheds light on the ongoing challenges and achievements of women in the political arena.

This is an Authors Guild/BIP title. Please use Authors Guild/BIP specs.Author Freeman is an attorney, author, and political scientist. She has published five books and dozens of articles on women and politics, feminism, social movements, public policy and law, political parties, organizational theory, education, federal election law, and the national nominating book analyses the two branches of the new feminist movement of the mid-1960s through 1973 and presents a theory of social movement origins, examines internal conflicts, and assesses the role of the press in movement growth. It also explores how the movment created public policy and how policy shaped the movement."Up to now, nobody has been sure what the women's liberation movement is, we just know it is happening. Jo Freeman makes up for feminism's peculiar lact of political analysis."ancy Borman, Majority Report

This unique anthology on social movements of the sixties synthesizes case history and theory to illuminate both. Traditional and emerging theoretical perspectives are presented and criticized. Movement actions were analyzed and alternatives assessed. Chapters are organized around key topics of concern to scholars and Origins, Mobilization, Organization, Strategy, and Decline. Their authors have written an integrated volume whose contributions were assembled and edited to complement each other. Finally, the movements in this book are highly varied. They include national and local, radical and reform, infamous and obscure movements, social and religious efforts to change or prevent change in individuals, laws, values, and the entire social structure. The efforts of such groups as tenants, mine and mill workers, the disabled, draft resisters, transit workers, Chicago Indians, Hawaiian farmers, and California farmworkers are critically scrutinized, as are the ci

Nearly twenty years since the first edition appeared, Women: A Feminist Perspective remains one of the most well-known and respected women's studies books available. Original essays from a diverse group of authors provide accurate, up-to-date information along with critical analysis of important issues in women's studies.