On Dec. 15, 2015, Flint, Michigan’s newly elected mayor, Karen Weaver, declared a state of emergency in the city as a result of a “manmade disaster.” On Tuesday, Michigan Gov. Rick […]
Author: Lisa Fine
Lisa Fine is a professor of history and the co-director of the Center for Gender in Global Context at Michigan State University. Her recent work is on the relationship between the working class and the natural world.
Surprising Similarities: Sandberg’s “Lean In” and Friedan’s “Feminine Mystique”
For six weeks in the spring of 2013, Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In topped the New York Times bestselling nonfiction list. About exactly 50 years before, Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique […]