| Mothers of Conservatism: Women and the Postwar Right Contributor(s): Nickerson, Michelle M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 069116391X ISBN-13: 9780691163918 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $32.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 320.082 |
| LCCN: 2011021793 |
| Series: Politics and Society in Twentieth-Century America (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.8" W x 8.8" (0.85 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 1960's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mothers of Conservatism tells the story of 1950s Southern Californian housewives who shaped the grassroots right in the two decades following World War II. Michelle Nickerson describes how red-hunting homemakers mobilized activist networks, institutions, and political consciousness in local education battles, and she introduces a generation of women who developed political styles and practices around their domestic routines. From the conservative movement's origins in the early fifties through the presidential election of 1964, Nickerson documents how women shaped conservatism from the bottom up, out of the fabric of their daily lives and into the agenda of the Republican Party. A unique history of the American conservative movement, Mothers of Conservatism shows how housewives got out of the house and discovered their political capital. |