Of Eagles and Horses: Women in the Rise of the New Right
Name:
Of Eagles and Horses: Women in the Rise of the New Right
Date:
March 29, 2018
Time:
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
Event Description:
Community members are invited to the Moscow Public Library on Thursday, March 29 for another
exciting program in the ongoing series "An Evening of History" with Rebecca Scofield presenting "Of
Eagles and Horses: Women in the Rise of the New Right."
Women’s issues were central to the political realignment of the 1970s and 1980s. Driven by debates
about gender equality, abortion, gay rights, welfare rights, and systemic racism, women were the footsoldiers
of political agitation on both the le^ and the right. This lecture profiles several women,
including Phyllis Schlafly and Sandra Day O’Connor, who contributed specific ideological perspectives
that capitalized on, yet also rejected, the gains made by second‐wave feminism. As spokeswomen for a
larger movement that welded together economic libertarianism and moral interventionism, these
women were both sculpted by and exerted great influence on new definitions of conservatism in the
late 20th century.
Rebecca Scofield is an assistant professor of American history at the University of Idaho. Her research
focuses on the history of gender and sexuality in the twentieth century, particularly in the American
West. She graduated with a Ph.D in American Studies from Harvard University in 2015 and has
published with the Journal of American Culture and the Journal of Popular Culture. Her book project,
Outriders: Rodeo at the Fringes of the American West, examines how marginalized populations have
used rodeo to claim regional and national belonging over the course of the 20th century.
Light refreshments will be served.
exciting program in the ongoing series "An Evening of History" with Rebecca Scofield presenting "Of
Eagles and Horses: Women in the Rise of the New Right."
Women’s issues were central to the political realignment of the 1970s and 1980s. Driven by debates
about gender equality, abortion, gay rights, welfare rights, and systemic racism, women were the footsoldiers
of political agitation on both the le^ and the right. This lecture profiles several women,
including Phyllis Schlafly and Sandra Day O’Connor, who contributed specific ideological perspectives
that capitalized on, yet also rejected, the gains made by second‐wave feminism. As spokeswomen for a
larger movement that welded together economic libertarianism and moral interventionism, these
women were both sculpted by and exerted great influence on new definitions of conservatism in the
late 20th century.
Rebecca Scofield is an assistant professor of American history at the University of Idaho. Her research
focuses on the history of gender and sexuality in the twentieth century, particularly in the American
West. She graduated with a Ph.D in American Studies from Harvard University in 2015 and has
published with the Journal of American Culture and the Journal of Popular Culture. Her book project,
Outriders: Rodeo at the Fringes of the American West, examines how marginalized populations have
used rodeo to claim regional and national belonging over the course of the 20th century.
Light refreshments will be served.
