 | Constructive Feminism: Women''s Spaces and Women''s Rights in the American City Subjects: Feminism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Women’s rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Public spaces -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Urban women -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Women and city planning -; In Constructive Feminism , Daphne Spain examines the deliberate and unintended spatial consequences of feminism's second wave, a social movement dedicated to reconfiguring power relations between women and men. Daphne Spain is James M. Page Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning at the University of Virginia. She is the author of How Women Saved the City and Gendered Spaces , coauthor of Balancing Act: Motherhood, Marriage and Employment among American Women , and coeditor of Back to the City: Issues in Neighborhood Renovation . |
