Not Just a Housewife by Jon Coburn - 9781625348876

Name: Not Just a Housewife by Jon Coburn - 9781625348876
Brand: University of Massachusetts Press

University of Massachusetts Press

Not Just a HousewifeWomen Strike for Peace and the Cold War Women's Peace Movement\nAuthor(s): Jon Coburn\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Massachusetts Press, United States\nImprint: University of Massachusetts Press\nISBN-13: 9781625348876, 978-1625348876\nSynopsis\nIlluminating a powerful yet underappreciated force in the American peace and women's movements \n On November 1, 1961, thousands of middle-class white women took to the streets throughout the United States to demonstrate against atomic weapons. They were brought together by the group Women Strike for Peace (WSP), which grew from modest beginnings at a Georgetown cocktail party to become one of the most effective peace organizations in American history. Under the stewardship of children's book illustrator Dagmar Wilson, and with indispensable support from figures such as Bella Abzug, a lawyer who would later help found the National Women's Political Caucus and serve as US Representative for New York, WSP bran.