feminism

It’s Publication Day for Gendered Citizenship!

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It’s publication day for my book!

My book offers a new perspective on the gaps between men and women’s societal positions. I argue that the original conflict over the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) created the U.S’s gendered citizenship, which has prolonged women’s disadvantaged position.

Read my book to find out more! 

My book is available now in hardcover and paperback. You can order if from wherever you buy your books or ebooks. To learn more about my book, visit my author website.

If you order a copy from University of Nebraska Press use code 6AF21 for a 40% off discount.

Happy Publication Day to Gendered Citizenship!

My book is here!

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My author copies arrived over the weekend. My book will be published by the University of Nebraska Press on October 1st. But you can pre-order now from the press or amazon. My book is available in both hardcover and paperback. Check out my author website for more information www.rebeccadewolf.com.

My Book

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The other day, while I was preparing my two-year-old son old for his afternoon nap, my three-year-old daughter looked up at me and asked what I had been working on earlier in the day. That day had been one of my workdays, a day in which I have a sitter come to watch my kids for three hours while I work in my home office.

Looking at my daughter, I gave her a sly smile and asked: “Holland, did you know mama is a doctor?”

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The Equal Rights Amendment and the Rise of Emancipationism

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I am thrilled to see my article, “The Equal Rights Amendment and the Rise of Emancipationism,” published in Frontiers‘ special issue on the ERA. My article is based on a paper that I presented at “The ERA in the 21st Century” conference in November 2013. It also builds upon two chapters from my PhD dissertation, which I successfully defended in March 2014.

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The American Suffrage Movement: The Good, The Bad, and the Lessons that can be Learned Part II:

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Over the course of the nineteenth century, the suffrage movement grew from a small, fractious campaign into a powerful, unified movement. As my last post discusses, the suffrage movement flourished partly because suffragists increasingly appealed to traditional images of womanliness as well as the racial prejudices of the white middle class. By the early twentieth century, the movement had further expanded to become not only an influential part in women’s organized activities, but also a prominent force in the spectrum of American politics. As a result, the passage of a federal amendment that affirmed women’s right to vote seemed increasingly possible.[1] There are three main reasons for why suffrage-ism became such an overwhelming force: the rise of the progressive movement; the evolution of suffragists’ tactics; and the decline of the masculine political culture of the nineteenth century.

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