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Author Elias, Allison, author.

Title The rise of corporate feminism women in the American office, 1960-1990 Allison Elias

Publication Info. New York Columbia University Press [2022]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism
Columbia studies in the history of U.S. capitalism.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Feminist or Secretary? -- 2. At the Intersection of Sex Equality and Economic Justice -- 3. The Progressional and Professional Paths Intertwined -- 4. Overutilized and Underenforced -- 5. The Decline of the Office Wife and the Rise of the "Automated Harem" -- 6. Could Pink-Collar Workers "Save the Labor Movement"? -- 7. A Feminist "Brand Called You" -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- List of Archives and Repositories -- Notes -- Index
Summary How did feminism in corporate America come to represent the individual success of the executive woman and not the collective success of the secretary? Allison Elias argues that feminist goals of advancing equal opportunity and promoting meritocracy unintentionally undercut the status and prospects of so-called "pink-collar" workers
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Subject Women white collar workers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women executives -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Businesswomen -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Feminism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
Businesswomen
Feminism
Women executives
Women white collar workers
United States
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Print version: Elias, Allison Rise of corporate feminism New York : Columbia University Press, [2022] 9780231180740 (DLC) 2022008914 (OCoLC)1315577726
ISBN 0231543239 electronic bk.
9780231543231 electronic bk.
9780231180740 hardcover
0231180748 hardcover
9780231180757 trade paperback
0231180756 trade paperback

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