The modern economic role of women emerged in four phases. The first three were evolutionary; the last was revolutionary. Phase I occurred from the late nineteenth century to the 1920s; Phase II was from 1930 to 1950; Phase III extended from 1950 to the late 1970s; and Phase IV, the "quiet...

In this paper we examine the inter-relationship between public opinion, feminist and anti-feminist activities in the United States between 1945 and 1985. The social movement literature suggests that movements and countermovements as well as movement events and public opinion are deeply entwined....