Tag Archives: Women’s studies

Contemporary Women’s Studies

Posted on October 26, 1986 by Steve Weiss

Myra Jehlen sees much historical and literary scholarship about women in the mid-1980s as paradoxical. This stems from what she describes as an inherent alienation in which feminist writers are torn between critical comment and ideological opposition. In the second segment … Continue reading →

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Political Images of Women

Posted on April 7, 1985 by Steve Weiss

Jean Bethke Elshtain and Jean O’Barr reflect on the profound changes in the role of women in U.S. politics in the mid-1980s. Images of women in American political history range from portraits of Betsy Ross stitching the flag, to early newsreels … Continue reading →

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