Abstract
During the second wave of feminism, spanning from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s, the United States saw unprecedented levels of change regarding the status of women. However, the conservative administrations of Reagan and H.W. Bush that followed turned the tides against the feminist movement and towards re-establishing traditional gender roles. Trail blazing women, including sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, dedicated their 20th century careers to combating traditional sentiment, thus changing gender roles forever.
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Marshall, Louisa
(2020)
"Too Much and Too Graphic: Dr. Ruth Westheimer and the Struggle for 1980s and 1990s Feminism,"
Voces Novae: Vol. 12, Article 5.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/vocesnovae/vol12/iss1/5
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