{"product_id":"women-strike-for-peace-traditional-motherhood-and-radical-politics-in-the-1960s-women-in-culture-and-society-9780226786360","title":"Women Strike for Peace: Traditional Motherhood and Radical Politics in the 1960s (Women in Culture and Society)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWomen Strike for Peace is the only historical account of this ground-breaking womens movement. Amy Swerdlow  a founding member of WSP  restores to the historical record a significant chapter on American politics and womens studies. Weaving together narrative and analysis  she traces WSPs triumphs  problems  and legacy for the womens movement and American society.  Women Strike for Peace began on November 1  1961  when thousands of white  middle-class women walked out of their kitchens and off their jobs in a one-day protest against Soviet and American nuclear policies. The protest led to a national organization of women who fought against nuclear arms and U.S. intervention in Vietnam. While maintaining traditional maternal and feminine roles  members of WSP effectively challenged national policiesdefeating a proposal for a NATO nuclear fleet  withstanding an investigation by the House Committee on Un-American Activities  and sending one of its leaders to Congress as a peace candidate.  As a study of a dissident group grounded in prescribed female culture  and the struggle of its members to avoid being trapped within that culture  this book adds a crucial new dimension to womens studies. In addition  this account of WSPs success as a grass roots  nonhierarchical movement will be of great interest to historians  political scientists  and anyone interested in peace studies or conflict resolution.  \"Swerdlow has re-created a unique piece of American political history  a chapter of the international peace movement  and an origin of the modern feminist movement. No historian  activist  or self-respecting woman should be without Women Strike for Peace. It shows not only how one group of women created change  but also how they inevitably changed themselves.\"Gloria Steinem\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647973154869,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226786366","price":20.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226786360.jpg?v=1781700224","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/women-strike-for-peace-traditional-motherhood-and-radical-politics-in-the-1960s-women-in-culture-and-society-9780226786360","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}