Feminism Unfinished

Weldon, S. Laurel, 96
welfare programs, 5–6, 12, 16, 32–36, 38, 50, 59, 72, 93, 126–27, 126 , 194–95
welfare rights movement, 127
Westinghouse Electric, 24 , 38–39
White Citizens Councils, 102
white-collar workers, 35
white women, xviii, xix, 5, 25–26, 45, 82, 92–94, 127, 160, 163, 182
Wiley, George, 72
Williams, Hosea, 93
Wilson, Woodrow, 10–11
Winfrey, Oprah, 181, 199
Winsor School, 18
Wolf, Alison, 200
Wolf, Naomi, 173
Wolfgang, Myra, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 17, 55, 62–63, 64
Womankind, 214–15
women:
abused, 83–84, 99, 117–20, 203–17, 228
black, xv, 4–10, 15–16, 20–26, 43–47, 56, 57–58, 63, 72, 73, 84, 89, 92–109, 113, 117, 127, 137,
147–51, 152, 155, 160–66, 170, 206, 217–18
career, xv, xx, xxi, 19, 29–30, 127–30, 152, 161, 168–69, 181, 192–203, 218–19, 229
childcare programs for, xx, 12, 26–27, 33–34, 50, 54, 72, 74–75, 86, 93, 97, 99, 109, 118–19, 126–28,
132–33, 192, 195, 199–203, 220, 229
of color, 92–100, 108–9, 127, 170, 186, 196, 200–203
consciousness-raising (CR) groups of, 71, 79–84, 85, 91, 92–93, 101, 106–7, 108, 117–18, 131, 140,
172–73, 176–77, 191
discrimination against, xiv, xv–xviii, 7, 22, 25, 32, 37–43, 45, 50–62, 73, 78, 81–82, 85–90, 98, 99,
105–10, 123, 126, 127–32, 142, 150, 158–61, 166–68, 169, 176, 179–80, 182, 190, 193, 206,
214–16
education of, xiv, xvi, xix, xx, 50–51, 92, 129, 130, 134, 139–40, 142, 148, 161–62, 198–99, 212–13,
218, 229
employment opportunities for, xix, xx, 11–12, 14, 26–27, 31, 34, 49–50, 55, 60, 73, 87–88, 93, 123–
33, 168–69, 179–80, 184, 191, 192–203, 227, 228
empowerment and independence of, 24–25, 37, 40, 49–52, 59, 86, 88, 124, 130–31, 140, 169, 180,
218–19
equal rights for, xiv, xvi, xvii, xix–xx, 4, 5, 7, 9–12, 21, 22–23, 39–42, 50, 51, 52, 55, 57, 61–65, 90,
109–10, 157, 165–66, 190, 213–14, 217, 229–31
female relationships of, 79–87, 90–91, 92, 100–101, 131, 137, 162–63, 173, 185
femininity of, 30–32, 81, 82, 91–92, 170, 182–84, 188, 203–11, 218–19
health care issues for, 36, 73, 93, 110–25, 135, 157, 193, 194, 196, 214, 215–16, 227, 229
heterosexual, 13–15, 28, 86, 91–92, 100, 185, 228
as homemakers and housewives, xvi, 19, 24, 26–30, 76, 84, 86, 88, 101–2, 125–26, 127, 130, 133,
168–69, 192–203, 228, 229, 230
in labor force, 26–27, 87–88, 168–69
legal issues for, xvi, 10–11, 40–42, 117–18, 167–68, 197, 227, 228