Until very recently, the term “feminist” was used by those on the right only as a negative descriptor of someone who would invariably be a political foe. Devoted feminists have struggled to set the word free from the negative connotations and reclaim the label as a source of pride, with mixed results, especially among younger [...] Read more »
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Feminism and the Republican Party: Equating Female with Feminist?
Posted byEllen on 22 June 2010, 1:38 pm
Filed under African American Studies, American History, Current Events, Gender Studies, Politics, UNC Press Authors, Women's Studies.
Tagged carly fiorina, conservative feminists, feminism, lisa levenstein, nikki haley, Republican feminists, Republican Women, Sarah Palin, social conservatives, women in high office, women politicians, women's movement
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Lisa Levenstein weighs in on health care, government involvement & “Old Blockley”
Posted byRose on 24 August 2009, 1:35 pm
Below is an excerpt of an op-ed piece that Lisa Levenstein wrote in the Philadelphia Inquirer about government involvement in health care and the Philadelphia General Hospital. She uses “Old Blockley,” as it was often called, as an example of a a successful public hospital that treated everyone with compassion. Levenstein is an assistant professor [...] Read more »
Filed under Current Events, Health / Medicine, UNC Press Authors, UNC Press News.
Tagged A Movement Without Marches, government involvement and health care, health care, lisa levenstein, Philadelphia, Philadelphia General Hospital, philadelphia inquirer, public hospitals, State of Things, UNC Greensboro, World War II
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Upcoming events: UNC wins NCAA championship, etc.
Posted byadmin on 6 April 2009, 10:15 am
The Tar Heels are on order by the Commander in Chief to win the NCAA tourney tonight. Go Heels!! Here’s a preview of tonight’s celebration on Franklin Street. This video was shot on Saturday, when the Tar Heels beat Villanova in the final four. Hopefully any potential thunderstorms and tornadoes will happen sooner rather than [...] Read more »
Filed under African American History, African American Studies, American History, Cooking / Food, Events, Gender Studies, History, Local Indy Booksellers, North Carolina, Public Policy, Religion, UNC Press Authors, UNC Press News, Women's Studies.
Tagged a room of one's own, anthea butler, barbecue, bbq, charles irons, church of god in christ, dale volberg reed, gerda lerner, john shelton reed, lisa levenstein, slavery, unc basketball, wilson library
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Women and Obama’s First 100 Days
Posted byadmin on 2 March 2009, 6:09 pm
What does the Obama presidency mean for women, especially in a time of financial crisis? We’re pleased to have a guest post today from Lisa Levenstein, assistant professor of history at UNC-Greensboro and author of A Movement Without Marches: African American Women and the Politics of Poverty in Postwar Philadelphia, which we will publish May [...]
Filed under African American Studies, American History, Current Events, Economics, Gender Studies, Guest Bloggers, Politics, Public Policy, Women's Studies.
Tagged barack obama, barbara bergmann, bill clinton, eileen boris, george w. bush, hillary clinton supporters, kim gandy, lilly ledbetter fair pay act, linda gordon, lisa levenstein, nancy folbre, national organization for women, national women's law center, Ronald Reagan, sonya michel, stimulus plan, susan feiner, women's equality, women's equality adds value to the economy
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