SOCIOL 4SS3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Eleanor Flexner, Smith College, Anti-Communism
18 Dec 2019
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Ue united electrical radio and machine workers of us most radical union in postwar period. In the 40s the largest communist led institution of any kind in the us. In 52 wrote pamphlet which raised consciousness of eleanor flexner. In 59 published century of struggle first scholarly history of us women. Taught at jefferson school of social science in ny on the women question. In 73 friedan remarked that until she started writing feminine mystique she wasn"t even conscious of the woman problem. It hid the union activity she participated in the 40s and 50s and feminism she inspired in. 60s: wasn"t just discontent w suburbia that made her write the book. Offers a feminist reworking of important themes in a genre of social criticism including the notion of faltering masculine id. 50s that rested on humanistic psychology: focus on impact of conditions of production on working class to emphasis on the effect of consumption on middle class.
