DOC Latinos and the U.S. South by José María Mantero in History

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Gail Collins; New York Times columnist and bestselling author; recounts the astounding revolution in women's lives over the past 50 years; with her usual "sly wit and unfussy style" (People).When Everything Changed begins in 1960; when most American women had to get their husbands' permission to apply for a credit card. It ends in 2008 with Hillary Clinton's historic presidential campaign. This was a time of cataclysmic change; when; after four hundred years; expectations about the lives of American women were smashed in just a generation.A comprehensive mix of oral history and Gail Collins's keen research--covering politics; fashion; popular culture; economics; sex; families; and work--When Everything Changed is the definitive book on five crucial decades of progress. The enormous strides made since 1960 include the advent of the birth control pill; the end of "Help Wanted--Male" and "Help Wanted--Female" ads; and the lifting of quotas for women in admission to medical and law schools. Gail Collins describes what has happened in every realm of women's lives; partly through the testimonies of both those who made history and those who simply made their way.Picking up where her highly lauded book America's Women left off; When Everything Changed is a dynamic story; told with the down-to-earth; amusing; and agenda-free tone for which this beloved New York Times columnist is known. Older readers; men and women alike; will be startled as they are reminded of what their lives once were--"Father Knows Best" and "My Little Margie" on TV; daily weigh-ins for stewardesses; few female professors; no women in the Boston marathon; in combat zones; or in the police department. Younger readers will see their history in a rich new way. It has been an era packed with drama and dreams--some dashed and others realized beyond anyone's imagining.