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An in-depth reference analyzing the origins, developnment, programs, publications, and political action of 180 major American organizations concerned with women's issues.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: Women's Interests U.S. Women Interest Groups Appendix A Appendix B Index

About the Author

SARAH SLAVIN is Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies Unit Coordinator, State University of New York College at Buffalo. She has authored an intellectual history of feminism in the United States (1979), and coauthored a history of attitudes toward women (1988), as well as published articles and chapters about public law and jurisprudence and women and politics. She edited Volume 8 of the Female Studies Series (1975) and the journal Women & Politics (1979-86). She has served as president of the Women's Caucus for Political Science and Seneca Falls National Women's Center and Educational Institute, copresident of Remove Intoxicated Drivers Niagara Frontier chapter and cocoordinator of the Gay and Lesbian Caucus for Political Science. In the mid 1970s she was part of the National Organization for Women's National Leadership. She has underway a volume on lesbian and gay citizenship politics in the United States.

Reviews

?[T]his reference work provides a detailed overview of a wide variety of women's interest groups, their goals (and how they formulated them), and their efforts to attain them....The preface, introduction, and respective references (bibliographies) are invaluable for their framework and analyses.?-RQ

?No single resource presents more information on women's interest groups in the U.S. Highly recommended.?-Reference Book Review

?This informative source book describes some of the prominent women's organizations in the US. Useful both to identify women's issues groups and as an overview of the women's movement. Highly recommended for libraries supporting women's studies and related programs.?-Choice

"�T�his reference work provides a detailed overview of a wide variety of women's interest groups, their goals (and how they formulated them), and their efforts to attain them....The preface, introduction, and respective references (bibliographies) are invaluable for their framework and analyses."-RQ

"No single resource presents more information on women's interest groups in the U.S. Highly recommended."-Reference Book Review

"This informative source book describes some of the prominent women's organizations in the US. Useful both to identify women's issues groups and as an overview of the women's movement. Highly recommended for libraries supporting women's studies and related programs."-Choice

"[T]his reference work provides a detailed overview of a wide variety of women's interest groups, their goals (and how they formulated them), and their efforts to attain them....The preface, introduction, and respective references (bibliographies) are invaluable for their framework and analyses."-RQ