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Creating a Progressive Commonwealth : Women Activists, Feminism, and the Politics of Social Change in Virginia, 1970s-2000s /

"In her innovative study of women activists in late twentieth-century Virginia, Megan Taylor Shockley argues that feminists challenged the traditional patriarchal system in the state by engaging directly with the legislature and mobilizing grassroots educational and lobbying efforts on the issu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Shockley, Megan Taylor (Autor, VerfasserIn)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge, La Louisiana State University Press [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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