Portion of title |
Women and the postwar right |
Series |
Politics and society in twentieth-century America Politics and society in twentieth-century America. ^A460998
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Contents |
Patriotic daughters and isolationist mothers : conservative women in the early twentieth century -- All politics was local : grassroots conservatism in postwar Los Angeles -- Education or indoctrination? : conservative female activism in the Los Angeles public schools -- "Siberia, U.S.A." : psychological experts and the state -- The "conservative sex" : women and the building of a movement -- Conclusion. |
Summary |
This volume tells the story of 1950s southern Californian housewives who shaped the grassroots right in the two decades following World War II. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Genre/form | History. |
LCCN | 2011021793 |
ISBN | 9780691121840 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
ISBN | 0691121842 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
ISBN | 9780691163918 (pbk) |
ISBN | 069116391X (pbk) |