A Woman's Century - From Suffrage to the Pill

Author: Deborah G. Felder (USA), translated by Yao Yanjin / Xu Xin
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: The 20th century can be called the century of women, as women experienced earth-shaking changes in their social, economic, and political status—from the active supporter of women's suffrage Carrie Chapman Catt, the leader of the women's labor movement Rose Schneiderman, to the controversial author of The Feminine Mystique Betty Friedan. Countless women made relentless efforts for their own liberation. Electric washing machines, childbirth anesthesia, sulfonamide preparations to prevent death, birth control pills—advances in technology and medicine helped women overcome their physiological limitations. From the formal approval of the 19th Amendment by Congress, granting women the right to vote, to the Supreme Court's ruling on sexual harassment, women's rights have received increasing attention. From Emily Post's etiquette books, Mattel's Barbie dolls, the La Leche League, to Ellen DeGeneres' sitcoms, various cultural forces clash. This book presents us with a respectable past and the shining future we are facing, all under the halo of a century of achievements.