Books+ Search Results
Searching for scientific womanpower : technocratic feminism and the politics of national security, 1940-1980
Title
Searching for scientific womanpower : technocratic feminism and the politics of national security, 1940-1980 / Laura Micheletti Puaca.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 261 pages) : illustrations.
Notes
Description based on PDF title page, viewed January 14, 2018.
Summary
"This compelling history traces contemporary feminist interest in science to the World War II and early Cold War years. During a period when anxiety about America's supply of scientific personnel ran high and when open support for women's rights generated suspicion, feminist reformers routinely invoked national security rhetoric and scientific "manpower" concerns in their efforts to advance women's education and employment. Puaca brings to light the untold story of an important but largely overlooked strand of feminist activism. This book reveals much about the history of American feminism, the politics of national security, and the complicated relationship between the two"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Original
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 25, 2019
Series
Gender and American culture.
HeinOnline UNC Press law publications.
HeinOnline women and the law.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-247) and index.
Contents
Introduction
The war of "trained brains"
Endless frontiers for scientific womanpower
Scientific womanpower enters the Sputnik era
Science and the second wave
Epilogue.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
Bookmark As
Citation
