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The new feminist agenda : defining the next revolution for women, work, and family / Madeleine M. Kunin.

Summary:

Feminists Opened up Thousands of Doors in The 1960s and 1970s, but, decades later, are US women where they thought they'd be? The answer is a resounding no.

Women now comprise nearly 60 percent of college undergraduates and half of all medical and law students. They have entered the workforce in record numbers, making the two-wage-earner family the norm. However, social structures surrounding work and family have remained static. Affordable, high-quality childcare, paid family leave, and equal pay for equal work remain elusive. The United States has also fallen far behind other countries on the gender-equity front with fewer women elected to Congress.

It's time, says former US Ambassador and Governor Madeleine M. Kunin, to change all that and usher in a new social revolution-one that mobilizes women, and men, to call for the kind of policies that can improve the lives of women and strengthen their families. Book jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 1603582916
ISBN: 9781603582919 (pbk.)
Physical Description: 288 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., [2012]
Copyright: ©2012

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Time for a new revolution -- Back to the family, after all -- What can we learn from the rest of the world? -- What can we learn from similar nations: England, Australia, and Canada? -- American exceptionalism, political divisions, and the states -- Win/win: workplace flexibility -- The early years: child care and early education -- New family portraits -- How women leaders make a difference -- What women need to create equal opportunities in the workplace -- Building a coalition -- Child poverty -- How do we win?