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Americans living in the mid-20th century saw momentous change. A decade of severe economic depression in the 1930s was followed by the largest-scale war the world had ever seen. The Allies' victory in World War II brought formal peace and new prosperity but also the beginning of a tense and long-lasting cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Women's lives in the United States reflected and helped to shape these world changes. The importance of their contributions became obvious during the war, when production demands drew women into manufacturing jobs and broadcast the image of Rosie the Riveter.
When the hot war ended the cold war began, marriage and birth rates began to accelerate, resulting in the famous postwar Baby Boom. Women were encouraged to give up their jobs to the returning veterans and resume their tasks as wives and mothers, and there was a mass migration to the suburbs. Thousands of women lost well-paying jobs, but many remained in the work force.
Whether they were college-educated homemakers working to elevate the job of housewife to a respected career, working-class women struggling to preserve the gains of wartime, or African-American women leading the struggle for civil rights, women of all backgrounds pushed the limits of their circumstances, paving the way for the social movements of the 1960s and the feminist gains that would follow. Pushing the Limits tells the stories of ordinary women and their efforts to make a better life for themselves and their children.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 9-12-May explores the times that produced feminists from the ``Rosie the Riveters'' of World War II to Betty Friedan, and the activists, housewives, artists, and others who came in between. Primary sources, including interviews and articles, bring the experiences of these women to life. May makes an effort to include many cultures; she briefly mentions the contributions of Menominee and Navajo women, and those of the Mexicana labor leader Luisa Moreno. The book also includes a fairly detailed account of the beginnings of the civil rights movement. Chapters on dating and reproduction contain information not usually found in history books. Discussions of family size, contraception and abortion, and extramarital affairs reveal much about the times. Black-and-white photos-including a nice mix of historical figures and scenes from families, neighborhoods, and factories-will capture readers' interest. This refreshingly different look at history, social trends, and pop culture lends itself beautifully to classroom discussion, and will also be useful for reports.-Rebecca O'Connell, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
Utilizing new research on women's history, the volume chronicles the changes in the public and personal lives of women during the era. Topics include the liberating effects of World War II, the postwar rise of suburbia and the nuclear family, discrimination, and sexuality and the use of birth control. The sophisticated subject matter and treatment make the book a valuable resource, but the black-and-white photographs are not always well reproduced. Bib., ind. From HORN BOOK 1994, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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First to appear of a projected ten volumes in The Young Oxford History of Women in the United States, covering ``the public and private lives of...women over the past four centuries.'' May, University of Minnesota professor and specialist in women's issues, traces women's status from the Depression, when many women began to share wage-earning responsibilities, through their success in tradition-shattering jobs during WW II and into the postwar reaction, when one-income families were idealized as the reward of hard-earned peace and prosperity. Contrasting women's and men's roles, May deals with education, employment, sexuality, child-rearing, domesticity, and political action as they evolved in these critical years, laying firm ground for the more turbulent changes of the 60's. Backing generalizations with ample statistics and telling incidents, she's especially careful to differentiate between white middle class and minority experiences--for example, African-Americans were more likely to complete college: in an era when white women believed that earning an ``M.R.S.'' was the path to security and fulfillment, blacks saw education as a way out of poverty. The author concludes with individuals and groups who went ``Against the Grain'' in the 40's and 50's--black civil rights activists, Women Strike for Peace members who successfully confronted the House Un-American Activities Committee, giants like Eleanor Roosevelt and Rachel Carson. Lively, fascinating, lucid, accessible, balanced--a fine resource that belongs in every library. B&w photos; chronology; lengthy bibliography; index. (Nonfiction. 12+)