The other womens movementtraces their impact from the 1940s into the feminist movement of the present the labor reformers whose stories are told inthe other womens movementwanted equality and special benefits and they did not see the two as incompatible they argued that gender differences must be accommodated and that equality could not always be achieved by applying an identical standard of treatment to men and women the reform agenda they championed an end to unfair sex . American feminism has always been about more than the struggle for individual rights and equal treatment with men theres also a vital and continuing tradition of womens reform that sought social as well as individual rights and argued for the dismantling of the masculine standard in this much anticipated book dorothy sue cobble retrieves the forgotten feminism of the previous generations . The other womens movement workplace justice and social rights in modern america politics and society in modern america 77 cobble dorothy sue on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers the other womens movement workplace justice and social rights in modern america politics and society in modern america. The other womens movement workplace justice and social rights in modern america by dorothy sue cobble princeton princeton university press 2004 xvi 315 pp 2995 isbn 0 691 06993 x susan eleanor hirsch susan eleanor hirsch loyola university chicago illinois search for other works by this author on oxford academic google scholar journal of american history volume 91 issue . American feminism has always been about more than the struggle for individual rights and equal treatment with men theres also a vital and continuing tradition of womens reform that sought social as well as individual rights and argued for the dismantling of the masculine standard in this much anticipated book dorothy sue cobble retrieves the forgotten feminism of the previous generations