American feminist writer and activist (1921–2006)

A strange stirring : the Feminine mystique and American women at the dawn of the 1960s / Stephanie Coontz.

Mom : the transformation of motherhood in modern America / Rebecca Jo Plant.

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A strange stirring : the Feminine mystique and American women at the dawn of the 1960s / Stephanie Coontz.

Mom : the transformation of motherhood in modern America / Rebecca Jo Plant.