Perspectives on Women in the 1980s

by Joan Turner (Editor), Lois Emery (Editor)

Overview

We are now fifteen years into the second wave of feminism, and public opinion polls show majority support for all the basic issues raised by the women’s movement. This collection of articles focuses on strategies and directions for the movement that will enable all women to benefit from changing attitudes in the 1980s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780887550751
Publisher:	University of Manitoba Press
Publication date:	01/01/1983
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	200
File size:	452 KB

About the Author

Joan Turner is a therapist in private practice. She taught at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba, for nearly twenty years, and was owner of Bold Print, Inc., a women's bookstore, for eight.

Table of Contents

Dedication Acknowledgements There Comes a Time by Joan Turner Perspectives on Women in the 1980s: The Baird Poskanzer Memorial Lecture by Gloria Steinem The Power Politics of Motherhood by Helen Levine Poverty: The Feminine Complaint by Dorothy O’Connell Native Women and the State by Marlene Pierre-Aggamaway Feminist Counselling: Approach or Technique by Helen Levine Women as Providers and Consumers by Helen Levine, Dorothy O’Connell, and Marlene Pierre-Aggamaway The Electronic Sweatshop by Judith Gregory Women, Families and the State by Margrit Eichler Romantic Love and Reproductive Rights by Deirdre English Strategies for the Eighties by Margrit Eichler, Deirdre English, Judy Erola, and Judith Gregory Change, Hope and Celebration by Joan Turner Selected Readings and Resources by Kim Clare and Sheila Gordon Notes Contributors