Re-Evaluating Women’s Page Journalism in the Post-World War II Era tells the stories of significant women’s page journalists who contributed to the women’s liberation movement and the journalism community. Previous versions of journalism history had reduced the role these women played at their newspapers and in their communities—if they were mentioned at all. For decades, the only place for women in newspapers was the women’s pages. While often dismissed as fluff by management, these sections in fact documented social changes in communities. These women were smart, feisty and ahead of their times. They left a great legacy for today’s women journalists. This book brings these individual women together and allows for a broader understanding of women’s page journalism in the 1950s and 1960s. It details the significant roles they played in the post-World War II years, laying the foundation for a changing role for women.

The subject of women’s roles throughout history has been extensively debated, with each era bringing forth its own interpretation of what it means to be a woman. This book, Women Through Time: Re-evaluating Ancient, Traditional, Modern, and Contemporary Feminine Ideals, dares to question the prevailing assumption that the most recent forms of womanhood are necessarily the most liberating or empowered. Instead, this work examines the evolution of women’s roles across four major historical periods—ancient, traditional, modern, and contemporary—and challenges the reader to consider which era truly offered women the greatest sense of fulfillment, purpose, and societal value. The inspiration for this book arose from a growing dissatisfaction with mainstream narratives that often dismiss traditional and ancient forms of womanhood as merely repressive or regressive. Modern discussions of gender equality and empowerment tend to overlook the nuanced ways women have historically wielded power, influenced culture, and shaped their communities. My goal with this book is not to diminish the achievements of modern women’s rights movements, but to reframe the conversation around what it means to live as a "successful" woman in society. Through detailed analysis, this work aims to give fair consideration to each form of womanhood, be it as an ancient priestess, a traditional homemaker, a modern feminist, or a contemporary activist.

American feminism has always been about more than the struggle for individual rights and equal treatment under the law. In this book, [the author] retrieves an alternative tradition of women's reform that sought answers to questions increasingly pressing today: how to balance work and family and how to address growing economic inequalities. [This book] trace[s] the history of American social justice feminism from the 1930s into the present and to link that continuous tradition with the leadership of labor women.-Back cover.

Shortlisted for the BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2019. What’s it really like to be a mother with a career working flexibly? Drawing on over 100 hours of interview data, this book is the first to go inside women’s work and family lives in a year of working flexibly. The private labours of going part-time, job sharing, and home working are brought to life with vivid personal stories. Taking a sociological and feminist perspective, it explores contemporary motherhood, work-life balance, emotional work in families, couples and housework, maternity transitions, interactions with employers, work design and workplace cultures, and employment policies. It concludes that there is an opportunity to make employment and family life work better together and offers unique insights from women’s lived experiences on how to do it.