We're All Sisters: Bridging and legitimacy in the women's antiprison movement

Gender and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 639-664

  Lawston, Jodie Michelle ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Collective behavior; Gender; Race; Race ethnicity; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350071757     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243209344723     Document Type: Article

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