labor force of, 26–27, 87–88, 168–69
southern states of, 15–16
women politicians in, 108–9, 149–50, 169, 213–16
United Steelworkers, 49
universities, 139–40, 161–62
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 12, 53, 62
vaccination, 122
vaginal orgasm, 86, 207
Vagina Monologues, The (Ensler), 138, 209
Valenti, Jessica, 177–78, 205
V-Day, 209–10
vegetarianism, 135
Venceremos Brigade, 77
Versailles Treaty, 13
Veteran Feminists of America conference (2002), 170
vibrators, 207
Vietnam War, xii, 59, 69, 74, 98, 100, 102–5, 103 , 106, 132
violence against women, xvi, 83–84, 99, 102, 117–20, 152, 172, 192, 203–17, 218, 220, 228, 229
Violence Against Women Act (1994), 118, 211
voter registration, 155
voting rights, xiv, 5, 9, 10, 58, 155, 157, 172, 227
Voting Rights Act (1965), 58
wage levels, xx, 1–4, 8, 10–12, 13, 23–26, 29–30, 34–35, 37, 41, 43, 48, 50–59, 64–65, 73, 87–88, 90,
93, 98, 123–33, 157, 168, 193, 195, 198–99, 217–18, 229
“wages for housework” campaign, 125–26
Wagner Act (1935), 17, 34–35
waitresses, xxii, 1–4, 33
Waitresses Union, 33
Walker, Alice, 147, 153, 154, 172, 192, 206
Walker, Rebecca, 147, 150–58, 159, 166, 171, 172, 173, 188, 192, 218
WalMart, 64
Ware, Caroline, 22, 50
War Labor Board, U.S., 38
Washington, D.C., 75, 91
Washington Square Methodist Church, 72
Waterloo, Iowa, 45
Wayne State University, 62
“ways of seeing,” 104
Webb, Marilyn, 105
Weeks, Lorena, 128–29
Weightman, Philip, 8
Weisstein, Naomi, 136
Weixel, Lola, 26