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Layers of Activism: Women's Movements and Women in Movements Approaching the Twentieth Century / Corrine McConnaughy -- Workplace Discrimination, Equal Pay, and Sexual Harassment: An Intersectional Approach / Eileen Boris, Allison Elias -- Battles over Abortion and Reproductive Rights: Movement Mobilization and Strategy / Suzanne Staggenborg, Marie Skoczylas -- Maternalist and Community Politics / Julisa McCoy, Ellen Reese, Ian Breckenridge-Jackson -- Sexuality, Bodies, Gender Identity, Sexual Fluidity, and Performative Gender / Shae Miller -- Women's Health Social Movements / Melinda Goldner -- U.S. Women's Movements to End Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse, and Rape / Gretchen Arnold -- Welfare, Poverty, and Low-Wage Employment / Rose Ernst, Rachel E. Luft -- Antifeminist, Pro-Life, and Anti-ERA Women / Ronnee Schreiber -- Movement Emergence and Resource Mobilization: Organizations, Leaders, and Coalition Work / Nella Van Dyke -- Protest Events and Direct Action / Anne Costain, Douglas Costain -- The Swells between the "Waves": American Women's Activism, 1920-1965 / Kristen A. Goss -- Identity Politics, Consciousness Raising, and Visibility Politics / Nancy Whittier -- From Ink to Web and Beyond: U.S. Women's Activism Using Traditional and New Social Media / Heather Hurwitz -- Inside the State: Activism within Legislative and Governmental Agency Forums / Lee Ann Banaszak, Anne Whitesell -- Electoral Politics / Ashley Jardina, Nicole Yadon, Nancy Burns -- U.S. Women's Legal Activism in the Judicial Arena / Brittany Hearne, Holly J. McCammon -- Women's Social Movements and Activism within the U.S. Military / Marla Kohlman, Tiffany Sanford-Jenson -- Push, Pull, and Fusion: Women's Activism and Religious Institutions / Rachel L. Einwohner, R.J. Leamaster, Benjamin Pratt -- Women's Activism and Educational Institutions / Alison Dahl Crossley -- Campaigning for the Equal Rights Amendment and Liberal Feminism / Jane Mansbridge, Kelsy Kretschmer -- Women's Activism in the Modern Movement for Black Liberation / Joyce Bell, Aisha Upton -- Latinas in U.S. Social Movements / Mary Pardo -- Women in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Movement / Leila J. Rupp, Verta Taylor, Benita Roth -- American Women's Environmental Activism: Motivations, Experiences, and Transformations / Sherry Cable, Kayla Stover -- Gendered Activism and Outcomes: Women in the Peace Movement / David S. Meyer, Lisa Leitz -- Women's Activism in U.S. Labor Unions / Mary Margaret Fonow, Suzanne Franzway -- Women in the White Supremacist Movement / Kathleen Blee, Elizabeth Yates -- Language and Its Everyday Revolutionary Potential: Feminist Linguistic Activism in the U.S. / Christine Mallinson -- Women, Sports, and Activism / Cheryl Cooky -- The Turn toward Socialist, Radical, and Lesbian Feminisms / Beth E. Schneider, Janelle Pham -- Introduction / Holly J. McCammon, Verta Taylor, Jo Reger, Rachel L. Einwohner -- Intersectionality: Origins, Travels, Questions, and Contributions / Benita Roth -- The Dynamics and Causes of Gender and Feminist Consciousness and Feminist Identities / Pamela Aronson -- Contemporary Feminism and Beyond / Jo Reger -- Mobilizing the Faithful: Conservative and Right Wing Women's Movements in America / Deana Rohlinger -- The Historical Roots of a Global Feminist Perspective and the Growing Global Focus among U.S. Feminists / Heidi Rademacher, Kathleen Fallon.

Women have long been involved in social movement activism in the United States, from the nation's beginning up to the present, and in waves of feminist activism as well as in a variety of other social movements, including the civil rights movement, the environmental movement, and conservative mobilizations. The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Women's Social Movement Activism provides both a detailed and extensive examination of the wide range of U.S. women's collective efforts, as well as a broad overview of the scholarship on women's social movement struggles.