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Women's work and public policy : a history of the Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, 1945-1970
Title:
Women's work and public policy : a history of the Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, 1945-1970
Author:
Laughlin, Kathleen A.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Boston, Mass. : Northeastern University Press, 2000.
Physical Description:
x, 172 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
Based on the author's dissertation presented to Ohio State University.
Language:
English
Contents:
A blueprint for social change: Frieda Miller and the women's economic agenda, 1944-1953 -- Creating earning opportunities: the womanpower focus of Alice Leopold, 1953-1961 -- Bureaucratic activism in the new frontier : Esther Peterson's public policy goals, 1961-1964 -- Backstage activism: feminist organizing under May Dublin Keyserling, 1964-1968.
ISBN:
9781555534448
Format :
Book