Womanhoods and Equality in the United States explores how the idea of equality has evolved along with the debates that have animated contemporary American women's history.This book argues that “womanhood” is neither a unified concept nor a monolithic experience but rather a multifaceted notion. This collection thus looks at this plural dimension of womanhood—womanhoods—with a special focus on equality as a common goal. The authors question what equality means depending on many factors such as race, class, sexuality, education, marital or parental status, physical appearance, and political orientation, and address timely issues including abortion rights, Black womanhood, and sexual violence on college campuses.Womanhoods and Equality in the United States is an essential resource for academics and students in gender studies, American sociocultural history, and the sociology of social movements.

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Taylor & Francis (Unlimited), Oxford, 2024

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Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Constituting Womanhood: A Century of Struggle for the Equal Rights Amendment
The Introduction of the Equal Rights Amendment
Early Contestation Over Women’s Need for Labor Protections
Navigating Political Power in Congress
Divided Womanhood and the Rules of Ratification
Changing the Rules of Change
Conclusion
Notes
Introduction
Womanhoods
Equality
A Mosaic
Notes
Reference List
Part I Fashioning and Refashioning Womanhoods
1 Echoes of Womanhood: Listening to Women’s Voices On the Radio
Gender Trouble On the Air
WNYC: Womanhood(s) of New York City
Conclusion
Notes
Reference List
2 Women’s Magazines and Fashion Magazines as (Re)Sources for (De)Constructing Womanhood: Working...
Producing Femininity: Fashion Magazines’ Format and Power Dynamics
Representing Women in Changing Times: The Case of the Women’s Movement as Seen Through Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar
Readers’ Agency and Individual Readings: Fashion Magazines as Unilateral Purveyors of Content?
Conclusion
Notes
Reference List
3 The Right to Be Beautiful: Annie Malone, Beauty Culture, and New Negro Womanhood
An Elitist Vision of New Negro Womanhood
Stereotypes of “Ugliness”
Beauty Culture and the Restrictive Construction of Black Women’s Bodies
Beauty Culture as a Space of Redefinition of New Negro Womanhood
Annie Malone and New Negro Womanhoods
Advertising New Negro Womanhood
Conclusion
Notes
Reference List
Part II Violence and Womanhood
4 The Paradox of Violent Women in the U.S. Antiabortion Movement
Coverture as a Dividing Line Between Progressive and Conservative Women
Beauty as a Conservative Value
Violence as an Escape From the Beauty Cult?
Conclusion
Notes
Reference List
5 Gender-Based and State Violence From Central America to the U.S./Mexico Border: From Invisibility to Visibility
Fleeing Violence in the Country of Origin to Experiencing Other Kinds of Violence On the Migratory Journey
Escaping Violence Through Migrant Caravans as a Way to Gain Visibility and Avoid More Violence
Dealing With the Impacts of the Migrant Protection Protocols On the 2018 Migrant Caravan in Douglas/Agua Prieta
Border Art as a Means to Resist and Denounce Violence at the U.S./Mexico Border
Conclusion
Notes
Reference List
6 Title IX: Fighting Sexual Violence On U.S. College Campuses By Reframing It as Sex Discrimination
Defining Sexual Harassment as a Form of Sex Discrimination in Higher Education
Theorizing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace as Sex Discrimination
Sexual Harassment From the Workplace to Educational Institutions
Sexual Violence On College Campuses: From a Criminal to a Civil Rights Approach
Expanding the Scope of Title IX in Sexual Harassment Claims
Leveraging Title IX to Hold Colleges Accountable for Instances of Sexual Violence
OCR’s Shift to Stronger Enforcement of Title IX
The Momentum for Student Activism Against Campus Sexual Violence
A Conservative Backlash
Strengthening Title IX to Better Address Sexual Violence in Higher Education
Conclusion
Notes
Reference List
Part III Womanhood: Sites of Debate and Negotiation
7 “Just a Housewife”: Reassessing Feminist Portrayals of the American Housewife in the 1960s and 1970s
How the Doctrine of Separate Spheres Shaped Domesticity
“Why I Want a Wife”: The Unquantifiable Nature of Housework and Care Work
The Home as the Site of Women’s Oppression
Conclusion
Notes
Reference List
8 Legal Frames, Scientific “Expertise,” and Abortion Debates in the United States
Politicized Science, Morality Politics, and Abortion Expertise
Legal Framing Junctures and Their Effect On Scientific Expertise
Medical Knowledge and Credibility Struggles: Texas SB 8 and Dobbs V. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Conclusion
Notes
Reference List
Index

Womanhoods and Equality in the United States explores how the idea of equality has evolved along with the debates that have animated contemporary American womens history. This book argues that womanhood is neither a unified concept nor monolithic experience but rather a multifaceted notion. This collection thus looks at this plural dimension of womanhoodwomanhoodswith a special focus on equality as a common goal. The authors question what equality means depending on many factors such as race, class, sexuality, education, marital or parental status, physical appearance, and political orientation, and address timely issues including abortion rights, Black womanhood, and sexual violence on college campuses. Womanhoods and Equality in the United States is an essential resource for academics and students in gender studies, American socio-cultural history, and the sociology of social movements.

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