GENDER, SOCIAL REPRODUCTION, AND WOMEN'S SELF-ORGANIZATION:
- 1 September 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Gender & Society
- Vol. 5 (3) , 311-333
- https://doi.org/10.1177/089124391005003004
Abstract
This article argues that changes in the organization of social reproduction, defined to include the activities, attitudes, behaviors, emotions, responsibilities, and relationships involved in maintaining daily life, can explain historical differences in women's political self-organization. Examining the Progressive period, the 1930s, and the 1960s and 1970s, the authors suggest that the conditions of social reproduction provide the organizational resources for and legitimation of women's collective action.Keywords
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