Borrowing from Our Foremothers : Reexamining the Women's Movement through Material Culture, 1848-2017 /

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Borrowing from Our Foremothers offers a panorama of women's struggles through artifacts to establish connections between the generations of women's right activists. In a thorough historical retelling of the women's movement from 1848 to 2017, Amy Helene Forss focuses on items borrowed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Forss, Amy Helene (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Material culture.
Feminism.
Women's studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
Études sur les femmes > États-Unis > Histoire.
Culture materielle > États-Unis > Histoire.
Feminisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Women's studies > United States > History.
Material culture > United States > History.
Feminism > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Borrowing from Our Foremothers offers a panorama of women's struggles through artifacts to establish connections between the generations of women's right activists. In a thorough historical retelling of the women's movement from 1848 to 2017, Amy Helene Forss focuses on items borrowed from our innovative foremothers, including cartes de visite, clothing, gavels, sculptures, urns, service pins, and torches. Framing the material culture items within each era's campaigns yields a wider understanding of the women's metanarrative. Studded with relics and ninety-nine oral histories from such women as Rosalynn Carter to Pussyhat Project cocreator Krista Suh, this book contributes an important and illuminating analysis necessary for understanding the development of feminism as well as our current moment. -- Provided by publisher
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781496229946

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