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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Spruill, Marjorie Julian, 1951-     Subjects     National Women's Conference (U.S.) (1977 : Houston, Tex.)     Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography     Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century     Women -- United States -- Social conditions.     Women -- United States -- Attitudes.     Feminism -- United States.     Anti-feminism -- United States.     Feminists -- Political activity -- United States.     Women conservatives -- Political activity -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Spruill, Marjorie Julian, 1951-       by title:      Divided we stand : t...       by call number:      305.40973 S771d     Search the Web     Spruill, Marjorie Julian, 1951-     National Women's Conference (U.S.) (1977 : Houston, Tex.)     Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography     Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century     Women -- United States -- Social conditions.     Women -- United States -- Attitudes.     Feminism -- United States.     Anti-feminism -- United States.     Feminists -- Political activity -- United States.     Women conservatives -- Political activity -- United States.       MARC Display

Divided we stand : the battle over women's rights and family values that polarized American politics / Marjorie J. Spruill. by Spruill, Marjorie Julian, 1951- Bloomsbury, 2017. Call #: 305.40973 S771d Subjects National Women's Conference (U.S.) (1977 : Houston, Tex.)   Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography   Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century   Women -- United States -- Social conditions.   Women -- United States -- Attitudes.   Feminism -- United States.   Anti-feminism -- United States.   Feminists -- Political activity -- United States.   Women conservatives -- Political activity -- United States. ISBN:  9781632863140 (hc.) Description:  436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-425) and index. Contents:  Four days that changed the world -- The rise of the feminist establishment -- To form a more perfect union -- What's wrong with "equal rights" for women? -- An alternative to "women's lib" -- The gathering storm -- Armageddon state by state -- Out of the kitchen and into the counterrevolution -- Mama said there'd be days like this -- Crest of the second wave -- Launching the pro-family movement -- We shall go forth -- Onward Christian soldiers -- A nation divided. Summary:  "Forty years ago, two women's movements drew a line in the sand between liberals and conservatives. The legacy of that rift is still evident today in American politics and social policies, "--NoveList. "Gloria Steinem was quoted in 2015 (in the New Yorker) as saying the National Women's Conference in 1977 "may take the prize as the most important event nobody knows about." After the United Nations established International Women's Year (IWY) in 1975, Congress mandated and funded state conferences to elect delegates to attend the National Women's Conference in Houston in 1977, where Bella Abzug, Gloria Steinem, and other feminists endorsed a platform supporting abortion rights, the Equal Rights Amendment, and gay rights. Across town, Phyllis Schlafly, Lottie Beth Hobbs, and the conservative women's movement held a massive rally to protest federally funded feminism and launch a pro-family movement. Divided We Stand explores the role social issues have played in politics by reprising the battle between feminists and their conservative challengers, leading to Democrats supporting women's rights and Republicans casting themselves as the party of family values. As the 2016 presidential election made clear, the women's rights movement and the conservative women's movement have irrevocably affected the course of modern American politics. We cannot fully understand the present without appreciating the pivotal events that transpired in Houston and immediately thereafter."--Jacket. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Sackville Public Library Adult Nonfiction 305.40973 S771d Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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