dc.contributor.advisor | Schofield, Ann | |
dc.contributor.author | Miller, Elizabeth Barbara Ann | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-07-25T23:06:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-07-25T23:06:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-04-21 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10843 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/6448 | |
dc.description.abstract | This dissertation chronicles the development of the battered women's movement in the U.S., which began in the early 1970s with telephone "hotlines" for women in crisis. Recognizing that woman battering was not an isolated personal problem, but a widespread social problem, activists developed shelters for battered women, state coalitions of shelter organizations, and a national organization. The movement had two primary goals: providing shelter for battered women, and ending violence against women in their own homes. Using information gleaned from oral history interviews with movement activists, as well as archival and secondary source research, I illustrate how a national social movement grew out of the grassroots organizing efforts of small groups of feminist activists. I argue that the history of the battered women's movement challenges the declension narrative of the women's liberation movement, as I examine the movement's successes and failures in achieving its dual goals. | |
dc.format.extent | 247 pages | |
dc.language.iso | EN | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Women's studies | |
dc.subject | American studies | |
dc.subject | Gender studies | |
dc.subject | Battered women's movement | |
dc.subject | Domestic violence | |
dc.subject | Lesbian feminism | |
dc.subject | Oral history | |
dc.subject | Second wave feminism | |
dc.subject | Violence against women | |
dc.title | Moving to the Head of the River: The Early Years of the U.S. Battered Women's Movement | |
dc.type | Dissertation | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Tucker, Sherrie | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Sprague, Joey | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Warren, Kim | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | McCluskey-Fawcett, Kathleen | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | American Studies | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | Ph.D. | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
kusw.bibid | 8085476 | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |