Breaking the Wave: Women, Their Organizations, and Feminism, 1945-1985

Kathleen A. Laughlin is Professor of History at Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. She is the author of Women’s Work and Public Policy: A History of the Women’s Bureau, US Department of Labor, 1945-1970.Jacqueline L. Castledine is a core faculty member of the University Without Walls program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she teaches interdisciplinary studies.

• ForewordIntroduction The Long History of Feminism, Kathleen A. LaughlinPart I Mainstream, Leftist, and Sexual Politics Chapter 1 Civic Feminists: The Politics of the Minnesota Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, 1942—1965Kathleen A. Laughlin Chapter 2 The Legal Origin of "The Personal Is Political": Bella Abzug and Sexual Politics in Cold War AmericaLeandra ZarnowChapter 3 "I’m Glad as Heck that You Exist": Feminist Lesbian Organizing in the 1950sMarcia GalloPart II Women’s Global Visions Chapter 4 Exporting Civic Womanhood: Gender and Nation BuildingCatherine E. RymphChapter 5 The National Council of Negro Women, Human Rights, and the Cold WarJulie A. GallagherChapter 6 From Ladies Aid to NGO: Transformations in Methodist Women’s Organizing in PostwarAmericaLanethea MathewsPart III The Politics of Location Chapter 7 The Consumers Protection Committee: Women’s Activism in Postwar HarlemJulia Sandy-BaileyChapter 8 Pregnant? Need Help? Call Jane: Service as Radical Action in the Abortion Underground in ChicagoRebecca M. KluchinChapter 9 Feminizing Portland, Oregon: A History of the League of Women Voters in the Postwar Era,1950-1975 Jennifer A. StevensChapter 10 Barrio Women: Community and Coalition in the HeartlandJanet WeaverPart IV Feminist Consciousness and Movement Persistence Chapter 11 "Stop That Rambo Shit. . . This is Feminist Softball": Reconsidering Women’s Organizing in the Reagan Era and BeyondJacqueline L. Castledine and Julia Sandy-BaileyChapter 12 "It Would Be Stupendous for Us Girls": Campaigning for Women Judges Without Waving Sally J. KenneyChapter 13 Building Lesbian Studies in the 1970s and 1980s Susan K. FreemanConclusion Looking Backward, Looking Forward Jacqueline L. Castledine