The U.S. women's movement in global perspective / edited by Lee Ann Banaszak.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to the U.S. women's movement in global perspective / Lee Ann Banaszak -- The origins of the women's liberation movement / Jo Freeman -- From the second to the third wave: continuity and change in grassroots feminism / Nancy Whittier -- Political activism and discursive politics in the ERA campaign / Barbara Ryan -- The politics of decision making in the National Organization for Women / Maryann Barakso -- Grassroots organizing in a federated structure: NOW chapters in four local fields / Jo Reger and Suzanne Staggenborg -- Political mobilization: African American gendered repertoires / Belinda Robnett -- Gendered opportunities: the formation of women's movements in the United States and Chile / Lisa Baldez and Celeste Montoya Kirk -- Women organizing women in the Russian Federation / Carol Nechemias -- Trends and transformations in women's movements in Japan and the United States / Joyce Gelb -- Transnational framing of access to abortion in the United States, England, and Ireland / Deana Rohlinger and David S. Meyer -- Conclusion: the U.S. women's movement and beyond / Lee Ann Banaszak.