The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

tunities for advancement. Lack of autonomy and re- spect, low pay, often difficult working conditions, and lack of unity among n ...

ers such topics as “Contributions of Marxism and Feminism to the Sociology of Women and Work” and “The Data on Women’s Labor For ...

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Women’s rights The Eighties in America 1980 Medicaid cannot be used to pay for abortions, according to the U.S. Supreme C ...

attempted to appeal the U.S. district court decision, but in 1982 the Supreme Court declared the ERA dead and any attempts to re ...

would be drafted into military service or have to per- form heavy labors or that the government would be forced to recognize sam ...

phasized as a career for girls, the revocation of fed- eral funding from any school using textbooks that portrayed women in nont ...

the verdict was dismissed by the U.S. Court of Ap- peals for the Eighth Circuit. The Supreme Court re- fused to hear the case, e ...

Wonder Years, The Identification Television series Date Aired from March 15, 1988, to May 12, 1993 Unlike other family sitcoms ...

War, the counterculture, the early stages of space ex- ploration, and changes in gender roles in American society. The show appe ...

that included Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu, who played with Oregon, a world music fusion group that started in the 1970’s. ...

and emphasized professional wrestling as a form of enter- tainment rather than an authentically competitive sport. During the ea ...

Further Reading Ball, Michael R.Professional Wrestling as Ritual Drama in American Popular Culture. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen ...

these activities proved to be technically illegal, being based on various loopholes in the ethics rules, and they were not incon ...

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Xanadu Houses Definition Experimental homes designed to showcase new architectural methods and home technology Place Wiscons ...

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Yankovic, Weird Al Identification American comedy songwriter and performer Born October 23, 1959; Downey, California Yankovi ...

Impact A number of Yankovic’s albums reached gold or platinum status in the United States and Canada in the 1980’s and later dec ...

years of fire suppression and with restoring the natu- ral role of fire in improving forest growth and wild- life habitat. In a ...

Yuppies were part of the “new rich” generation that lavished in extravagance by purchasing lux- ury items. Conspicuous consumpti ...

Quarterly50 (Winter, 1986): 487-501. Hammond analyzes the political persuasion of the yuppie population, noting the group’s libe ...

Entertainment: Major Films of the 1980’s The one hundred titles listed here are a representative sampling of 1980’s films that ...