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GENDER, SOCIAL REPRODUCTION, AND WOMEN'S SELF-ORGANIZATION:

Considering the U.S. Welfare State

Portland State University

BARBARA LASLETT

University of Minnesota

This article argues that changes in the organization of social reproduction, defined to include the activities, attitudes, behaviors, emotions, responsibilities, and relationships involved in maintaining daily life, can explain historical differences in women's political self-organization. Examining the Progressive period, the 1930s, and the 1960s and 1970s, the authors suggest that the conditions of social reproduction provide the organizational resources for and legitimation of women's collective action.

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