Kitchen Table Politics: Conservative Women and Family Values in New York
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Most histories of modern American politics tell a similar story: that the Sunbelt, with its business friendly environment, righttowork laws, and fierce spirit of frontier individualism, provided the seedbed for popular conservatism. Stacie Taranto challenges this narrative by positioning New York State as a central battleground. In 1970, under the governorship of Republican Nelson Rockefeller, New York became one of the first states to legalize abortion. By 1980, however, conservative, an...


