How Did Suburban
Development and Domesticity Shape
Women's Activism in Queens, New York, 1945-1968?
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Abstract
Introduction
1. The Myth of
Apolitical Suburban Domesticity
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1A: Harry Henderson, "The Mass-Produced Suburbs: How People Live in America's
Newest Towns," November 1953
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1B: Harry Henderson, "Rugged American Collectivism: The Mass-Produced Suburbs,
Part II," December 1953
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2A: Betty Friedan, "The Problem That Has No Name," The Feminine Mystique,
1963
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2B: Betty Friedan, "The Way We Were — 1949," 1976
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2C: Betty Friedan, "`More than a Nosewiper': Housing Project Mothers Make
a Backyard Camp for Their Kids," 1955
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2D: Betty Friedan, "Day Camp in the Driveways," May 1957
2. Shortage of
Schools in New York City, 1946-1949
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3A: Letter from Mrs. Joseph Deutsch, PTA of Flushing High School, to Mayor
O'Dwyer and Robert Moses, 16 April 1946
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3B: Letter from Rose Shapiro, President of the United Parents Association,
to Mayor O'Dwyer, 18 April 1946
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3C: Letter from Mrs. Joseph Deutsch, PTA of Flushing High School, to Mayor
O'Dwyer and Petition from PTA of Flushing High School (Deutsch, President),
3 May 1946
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3D: Letter from Ella S. Streator, Chairman of the Local School Board of District
52 (Queens), to Mayor O'Dwyer, 5 May 1946
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4: Letter from Daniel Russo, Chairman, Building and Sites Committee, School
Board District 51, to Mayor O'Dwyer, 22 December 1949
3. Parents' Mobilization
in South Flushing and South Bayside
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5A: "Survey Area School Kids," 4 May 1950
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5B: "Not So Bad?" 18 May 1950
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5C: Julia Berkowitz, Letter to the Editor, 1 June 1950
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5D: "'Battle of the Budget' Forces Start of Bayside School Council," 24 August
1950
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6A: "Hundreds of Parents Set for School `Zero Hour,'" 16 November 1950
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6B: "A Report on Public School 165," December 1952
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6C: "Kew Hills School News," November 1953
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7: Memorandum from the Kew Meadows Schools Committee to the Board of Estimate
and File Memorandum, 21 November 1951
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8A: Letter from Mrs. Cabiria Nardiello, Oakland Area School Committee, to
Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri, 4 December 1951
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8B: "File Note" by Austin J. Collins, Educational Aide to the Mayor, 17 December
1951
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8C: Letter from Parents Group, P.S. 46 to Abraham D. Beame, Director of the
Budget, 8 September 1952
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9: "March to School Site: 500 P.S. 46 Parents, Kids Parade to P.S. 213 Site,"
9 October 1952
4. Traffic Problems
and Baby-Carriage Parades
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10A: "Traffic Light Installed for 154's Pupils: Safety Device Ends Year-Long
Struggle By Civic Factions," 7 October 1948
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10B: "Marching Mothers Win School Crossing Fight," 30 September 1948
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10C: "Civic Group Plans Long, Large Scale Campaign for Light," 26 November
1952
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10D: "Civic Groups Hits Traffic Lite Lack," 12 February 1953
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10E: "Threat of Buggy Blockade Gets Promise from Traffic Department," 19 May
1955
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11A: "Mothers in Kew Hills To Block Off Traffic," 12 June 1950
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11B: "They Want a Light! Kew Hills Mothers Block Road with Baby Buggies,"
13 June 1950
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11C: "Kew Hills Mothers Win Civic Battle: Patrolman Guards Crossing," 14 June
1950
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11D: "Mothers String Along with Traffic Problems," 15 June 1950
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11E: "School Crossing Blocked 20 Minutes: Promise of Traffic Light Snaps 'Human
Chain,'" 1 October 1952
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12: "The only convertible that outsells Ford!" advertisement, 9 July 1953
5. Cold War Debates
in local PTAs
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13A: B. B. Bendiner, Letter to the Editor, 21 September 1950
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13B: "Letter to Lark Editor Draws Sharp Rebuttal by 26 Executive Body," 28
September 1950
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13C: "A Statement by B. B. Bendiner," 28 September 1950
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13D: "Letters to the Editor: PS 26 PTA — Opinions," 28 September 1950
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13E: "Letters to the Editor," 5 October 1950
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13F: B. B. Bendiner, Letter to the Editor, 12 October 1950
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13G: "Leadership Upheld at Stormy PTA Session," 26 October 1950
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13H: "The End?" 26 October 1950
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14A: Margo Neumann, "Candidate Sets School Plans," 31 January 1952
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14B: "A Political Fraud," 7 February 1952
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14C: "Vote Better Schools," 1952
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14D: "Flushing Mother Runs for Congress," 29 January 1952
Conclusion
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15: Claire Shulman, interviewed by Florence Daniels, 23 January and 6 March
1989
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