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Author Olcott, Jocelyn, 1970- author.

Title International Women's Year : the greatest consciousness-raising event in history / Jocelyn Olcott
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 334 pages)
Contents Cover; International Women's Year; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Glossary of Acronyms; Dramatis Personae; Introduction; Act I International Women's Year Deserves No Less; Scene 1. WINGO Politics; Scene 2. Choosing Battles in the Cold War; Scene 3. Getting to Mexico City; Scene 4. Follow the Money; Act II The Conference; Scene 5. Opening Acts; Scene 6. Inauguration Day; Scene 7. "Betty Friedan versus the Third World"; Scene 8. "This Is an Illegitimate Delegation"; Scene 9. "Other Kinds of Problems"; Scene 10. The Politics of Peace
Scene 11. The First Rule of Fight ClubScene 12. Coming Out Party; Scene 13. Chaos in the Tribune; Scene 14. Counter-​congresses; Scene 15. ¡Domitila a la Tribuna!; Scene 16. The Final Push; Scene 17. Unceremonious Closing; Act III Legacies; Scene 18. Beyond Mexico City; Notes on Sources, Theories, and Methods; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary A rich narrative of the 1975 International Women's Year Conference in Mexico City, where the idiom ""sisterhood is powerful"" was fractured by global feminism
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 07, 2017)
Subject International Women's Year, 1975.
Women's rights -- History -- 20th century
Feminism -- International cooperation -- History -- 20th century
Women -- International cooperation -- History -- 20th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Feminism -- International cooperation
Women -- International cooperation
Women's rights
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017011786
ISBN 9780199716647
0199716641
9780199344833
0199344833