{"product_id":"women-who-invented-the-sixties-ella-baker-jane-jacobs-rachel-carson-and-betty-friedan","title":"Women Who Invented the Sixties: Ella Baker  Jane Jacobs  Rachel Carson  and Betty Friedan","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile there were many protests in the 1950sagainst racial segregation  economic inequality  urban renewal  McCarthyism  and the nuclear buildupthe movements that took off in the early 1960s were qualitatively different. They were sustained  not momentary; they were national  not just local; they changed public opinion  rather than being ignored. Women Who Invented the Sixties tells the story of how four women helped define the 1960s and made a lasting impression for decades to follow.  In 1960  Ella Baker played the key role in the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee  which became an essential organization for students during the civil rights movement and the model for the antiwar and womens movements. In 1961  Jane Jacobs published The Death and Life of Great American Cities  changing the shape of urban planning irrevocably. In 1962  Rachel Carson published Silent Spring  creating the modern environmental movement. And in 1963  Betty Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique  which sparked second-wave feminism and created lasting changes for women. Their four separate interventions helped  together  to end the 1950s and invent the 1960s.  Women Who Invented the Sixties situates each of these four women in the 1950sBakers early activism with the NAACP and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference  Jacobss work with Architectural Forum and her growing involvement in neighborhood protest  Carsons conservation efforts and publications  and Friedans work as a labor journalist and the discrimination she facedbefore exploring their contributions to the 1960s and the movements they each helped shape.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986308395061,"sku":"ByrdShop_1496841468","price":32.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781496841469.jpg?v=1770895524","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/women-who-invented-the-sixties-ella-baker-jane-jacobs-rachel-carson-and-betty-friedan","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}