{"product_id":"creating-a-progressive-commonwealth-women-activists-feminism-and-the-politics-of-social-change-in-virginia-1970s-2000s-9780807169360","title":"Creating a Progressive Commonwealth: Women Activists, Feminism, and the Politics of Social Change in Virginia, 1970s-2000s","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuilding upon the work of late twentieth-century scholars in the field of feminist studies, Megan Taylor Shockley provides an in-depth look at feminism in the modern U.S. South. Shockley challenges the monolithic view of the region as a conservative bastion and argues that feminist advocates have provided crucial social progressive force, particularly in Virginia, between 1970 and 2010. An innovative study, \u003ci\u003eCreating a Progressive Commonwealth\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates how feminists in the state challenged the traditional patriarchal system and engaged directly with the legislature through grassroots educational efforts on three major initiatives: passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, protection of abortion rights, and pursuit of legal and social rights for survivors of domestic and sexual violence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShockley suggests that advocates for gender equality fundamentally changed Virginia, improving the state's support for women both personally and professionally as well as fostering an environment more conducive to additional progressive reform. In sharing the stories of these activists, the author discusses their initial choices to participate in the movement, the challenges they faced in promoting a progressive agenda, as well as their successes and failures. Throughout, Shockley emphasizes the need for scholars to look beyond the history of state legislatures in order to fully understand the nature of southern progressivism and feminism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing both archival sources and oral histories, \u003ci\u003eCreating a Progressive Commonwealth\u003c\/i\u003e examines the individual women and their motivations as they battled recalcitrant legislators and conservative citizens to achieve social reforms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Megan Taylor Shockley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807169360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMegan Taylor Shockley, research professor of history at Clemson University, is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eChanging History: Virginia Women Through Four Centuries\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003e\"We, Too, Are Americans\" African American Women in Detroit and Richmond, 1940-1954\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Captain's Widow of Sandwich: Self-Invention and the Life of Hannah Rebecca Burgess, 1836-1917.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43637807349875,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_07daee09-a653-42a6-bf57-6c1cd83d7698.jpg?v=1755603870","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/creating-a-progressive-commonwealth-women-activists-feminism-and-the-politics-of-social-change-in-virginia-1970s-2000s-9780807169360","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}