Mothers of Conservatism: Women and the Postwar Right

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 educatio...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nickerson, Michelle M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press [2012]
Edition:Course Book
Series:Politics and Society in Modern America 84
Subjects:
Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1043
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-739
DE-473
Volltext
Summary: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
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (264 pages) 16 halftones. 2 line illus
ISBN:9781400842209
DOI:10.1515/9781400842209

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection! Get full text