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Author Schneidhorst, Amy C.

Title Building a just and secure world : Popular Front women's struggle for peace and justice in Chicago during the 1960s / Amy C. Schneidhorst
Published New York : Continuum, [2011]
©2011

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 MELB  303.66082 Sch/Baj  AVAILABLE
Description xix, 245 pages ; 24 cm
Contents ch. 1. The emergence of women for peace and the revitalization of citizen activism, 1960-1962 -- ch. 2. One thing leads to another : from the test ban treaty to multi-issue peace politics, 1963-1964 -- ch. 3. Activism against the Vietnam War and the dangers of cold war anticommunism, 1963-1965 -- ch. 4. The YWCA and older women's activism : women mobilized for change and racial justice in Chicago, 1965-1967 -- ch. 5. Modeling a new social vision : a response to law and order, 1967-1968 -- ch. 6. All politics are local : adult activist resistance to Vietnamization, 1969-1975
Summary "This work discusses the activism in the 60s of progressive women who came of age during the Popular Front era of the 30s and 40s"--
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-239) and index
Subject Civil rights movements -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
Middle-aged women -- Political activity -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
Peace movements -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
Women and peace -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
Women political activists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
LC no. 2011024098
ISBN 1441109722 (hbk.)
1441193553 (ebk.)
9781441109729 (hbk.)
9781441193551 (ebk.)