{"product_id":"sex-wars","title":"Sex Wars","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSex Wars\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMarge Piercy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780060789831\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eWilliam Morrow\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e416\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003ePost-Civil War New York City was the battleground of the American dream: an era of vast fortunes and crushing poverty; a time notorious for free love and the emerging rights of women, yet one that saw the rise of brutal sexual repression and the enforcement of prejudice. Though life was hard, the promise of change was in the air. Women were agitating for civil rights, including the vote. Immigrants were pouring into the city, bringing with them a new energy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmbodying the times is Freydeh, a spirited young Jewish woman from Russia. Living in a tiny tenement flat with eight others, Freydeh juggles numerous jobs to earn passage to New York for her beloved family. Then she learns that her younger sister is adrift somewhere in the city and begins a search that carries her through brothels and prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInterwoven with Freydeh's story is a vividly wrought account of such real-life heroines -- often at odds with the law as well as societal customs -- as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president and an activist for sexual freedom. They were tireless fighters who strove to elevate the position of all women. Depicted as well is the fundamentalist crusader Anthony Comstock, who fought to eliminate sexual expression, pushing for the passage of laws that still haunt our legal system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of her World War II epic \u003cstrong\u003eGone to Soldiers\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMarge Piercy\u003c\/strong\u003e re-creates a turbulent period in American history witnessed through the lives of its most notorious figures and explores the changing attitudes toward women, minorities, religion, and sexuality in nineteenth-century America, a land of sacrifice, suffering, promise, and reward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"William Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Sex Wars | Marge Piercy | Hardcover | 9780060789831 | Used: Good | Back Stacks I 1753433","offer_id":49001571188888,"sku":"1753433","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51FYTZqherL.jpg?v=1778249212","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/sex-wars","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}