Surprises

In the late 1920s, what did Robert and Helen Lynd's study 'Middletown' find to be a common perception of women among men?

According to a writer in early 1930 cited in Chapter 19, how much money was spent annually on cosmetics for women in the United States?

Who was the author of the influential 1963 book 'The Feminine Mystique,' which described the 'problem that has no name'?

What event in September 1971 is described in Chapter 19 as a climactic prison rebellion that came from long, deep grievances?

The occupation of which abandoned federal prison in November 1969 became a major symbolic event for the Native American movement?

In the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, what right was established for women?

What was the core idea of Margaret Benston's essay, 'The Political Economy of Women's Liberation'?

The 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, was a symbolic protest on the site of what historical event?

What was the title of Adrienne Rich's book that explored the exploitation of women through their bodies and the experience of childbirth?

Willard Gaylin's study, 'Partial Justice,' highlighted what issue within the American legal system?

What was the name of the revolutionary prisoner whose book 'Soledad Brother' was widely read and who was killed in San Quentin prison in 1971?

The group 'Indians of All Tribes' offered to buy Alcatraz Island from the government for what symbolic price?

What was the central argument of Shirley Chisholm, as quoted in Chapter 19, regarding women's liberation?

By 1960, what percentage of women sixteen and older were working for paid wages?

The warden at Ossining penitentiary in the mid-nineteenth century summed up his approach to punishment by stating that to reform a criminal, you must first do what?

What was the name of the group formed by young, university-educated Indians in 1961?

At the 1968 Miss America protest, the group Radical Women symbolically threw items they called 'women's garbage' into what?

What was the name of the influential health book assembled by eleven women in the Boston Women's Health Book Collective?

In the Attica prison yard rebellion of 1971, what did columnist Tom Wicker find 'absolutely astonishing'?

By 1960, what was the estimated population of Native Americans in the United States?

What did the group WITCH, formed by some New York Radical Women, do to protest at the New York Stock Exchange?

In her book 'Against Our Will,' Susan Brownmiller provided a history and analysis of what issue?

Following the murder of George Jackson, a chain of rebellions occurred in several county jails. Which of the following locations was NOT mentioned as a site of these rebellions?

What was the title of the newspaper started by the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne, which featured news, poetry, and a spirit of defiance?

By 1974, approximately how many courses on women were being offered at American campuses?

Who was the black activist and organizer from Ruleville, Mississippi, who became a legendary speaker in the Civil Rights Movement?

What was the central theme of the 1887 Allotment Act regarding Native Americans?

In the proclamation 'We Hold the Rock,' what was the first reason given for why Alcatraz resembled most Indian reservations?

What was the title of Bob Dylan's song that recounted 'the terrible stories of the last decades, of starvation and war, and tears, and dead ponies'?

Who was the long-time head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs during the New Deal who attempted to restore tribal life?

What was the median income of a working woman compared to a man's, according to statistics from the 1960s cited in Chapter 19?

The Supreme Court case 'Procunier v. Martinez' (1973) declared certain mail censorship regulations in California prisons unconstitutional, but allowed for censorship under what condition?

Who was the Wampanoag Indian invited to speak at the 1970 Thanksgiving celebration in Plymouth, whose speech was ultimately rejected by the authorities?

In 1968, what percentage of the graduating class at Brown University turned their backs when Henry Kissinger stood up to address them?

By 1967, women held what percentage of state legislative seats in the United States?

What was the final outcome of the five-day rebellion at the Queens House of Detention in 1970?

In the 1970s, what percentage of the adult male population on the Pine Ridge reservation was unemployed?

What was the name of the book by Jessica Mitford that re-examined the 'death industry' of moneymaking funerals and tombstones?

By 1969, one out of how many working women had a husband earning less than 5,000 dollars a year?

What did the Supreme Court rule in 1978 regarding news media access to jails and prisons?

What was the name of the Hopi Indian who wrote about his experience with 'white man's schools,' stating 'I had also learned that a person thinks with his head instead of his heart'?

The phrase 'consciousness raising,' often done in 'women's groups,' is described in Chapter 19 as having what profound effect?

Who was the black lawyer for Angelo Herndon, who later, along with Paul Robeson and W.E.B. Du Bois, found admiration in the black community for his fighting spirit despite his political views being maligned?

In the book 'Middletown,' how did men generally describe women?

What was the primary reason given in Chapter 19 for the start of the Folsom prison strike in November 1970?

What did Sid Mills, a Native American Vietnam veteran, do to protest the violation of fishing rights treaties in Washington state?

What was a key feature of the 'consciousness raising' groups of the women's movement?

How did Governor Nelson Rockefeller respond to the 1971 Attica prison uprising?

In her pamphlet 'Poor Black Woman', Patricia Robinson connected male supremacy with what larger economic system?

The title of Malvina Reynolds's song, mentioned in Chapter 19 as a critique of modern commercial culture, stated that people lived in what?