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Junctures in Women's Leadership: Social Movements /

The case studies in Junctures in Women's Leadership: Social Movements introduce readers to twelve women from across the globe who have spearheaded a wide array of social movements, from gender equality to environmental justice. Examining how these women made sacrifices, asked critical questions...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Bernstein, Alison R., 1947-2016 (Editor ), Trigg, Mary K., 1955- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Eleanor Roosevelt and the universal declaration of human rights / Jo E. Butterfield and Blanche Wiesen Cook
  • Daisy Bates and the NAACP / Bridget Gurtler
  • Wangari Maathai and the Kenyan environmental and democratic movements / Rosemary Ndubuizu and Mary K. Trigg
  • Aileen Clarke Hernandez : putting black women's issues in the forefront of the women's movement / Carolina Alonso Bejarano and Kim LeMoon
  • Mirna Cunningham : indigenous women's rights and revolutionary change in Nicaragua / Miriam Tola and Alison Bernstein
  • Gloria steinem : getting the message out "on the road and in the media" / Jeremy LaMaster and Mary K. Trigg
  • Audre Lorde : "black, lesbian, feminist, mother, poet warrior" / Kathe Sandler and Beverly Guy-Sheftall
  • Charlotte Bunch : leading from the margins as a global activist for women's rights / Mary K. Trigg and Stina Soderling
  • Dazon Dixon Diallo : feminismáand the fight to combat HIV-AIDS / Stina Soderling and Alison Bernstein
  • Cecile Richards : leading planned parenthood in the new millennium / Bridget Gurtler
  • Bhairavi Desai : organizing immigrant labor with a feminist lens / C. Laura Lovin and Mary K. Trigg
  • Thuli Madonsela : whispering truth to power / Taida Wolfe and Alison R. Bernstein
  • Contributors
  • Index.