{"product_id":"feminisms-forgotten-fight-kirsten-swinth-9780674986411","title":"Feminism's Forgotten Fight: The Unfinished Struggle for Work and Family","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spirited defense of feminism, arguing that the lack of support for working mothers is less a failure of second-wave feminism than a rejection by reactionaries of the sweeping changes they campaigned for.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen people discuss feminism, they often lament its failure to deliver on the promise that women can \"have it all.\" But as Kirsten Swinth argues in this provocative book, it is not feminism that has betrayed women, but a society that balked at making the far-reaching changes for which activists fought. \u003ci\u003eFeminism's Forgotten Fight\u003c\/i\u003e resurrects the comprehensive vision of feminism's second wave at a time when its principles are under renewed attack. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough compelling stories of local and national activism and crucial legislative and judicial battles, Swinth's history spotlights concerns not commonly associated with the movement of the 1960s and 1970s. We see liberals and radicals, white women and women of color, rethinking gender roles and redistributing housework. They brought men into the fold, and together demanded bold policy changes to ensure job protection for pregnant women and federal support for child care. Many of the creative proposals they devised to reshape the workplace and rework government policy--such as guaranteed incomes for mothers and flex time--now seem prescient. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSwinth definitively dispels the notion that second-wave feminists pushed women into the workplace without offering solutions to issues they faced at home. \u003ci\u003eFeminism's Forgotten Fight\u003c\/i\u003e examines activists' campaigns for work and family in depth, and helps us see how feminism's opponents--not feminists themselves--blocked the movement's aspirations. Her insights offer key lessons for women's ongoing struggle to achieve equality at home and work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kirsten Swinth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674986415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674986411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2018 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2019","brand":"Kirsten Swinth","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43994877395199,"sku":"9780674986411","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb61ed83-8fb1-41ee-a2f4-1ec4b2145701.jpg?v=1683332697","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/feminisms-forgotten-fight-kirsten-swinth-9780674986411","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}