Mona Rocha

The Weatherwomen

Militant Feminists of the Weather Underground

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Assertive, tough, and idealistic, the Weatherwomen--members of the Weather Underground Organization (WUO) from the late 1960s--were determined to stamp out sexism and social injustice. They asserted that militancy was necessary in the pursuit of a socialist revolution that would produce gender, racial, and class equality. This book excavates their long buried history and reclaims the voices of the Weatherwomen. The Weatherwomen's militant feminism had many facets. It criticized the role of women in the home, was concerned with the subordination of women to men, attacked the gender pay gap, and supported female bodily integrity. The Weatherwomen also refined their own feminist ideology into an intersectional one that would incorporate multiple identity perspectives beyond the white, American, middle-class perspective. In shaping a feminist vision for the WUO, the Weatherwomen dealt with sexism within their own organization and were dismissed by some feminist groups of the time as inauthentic. This work strives to recognize the WUO's militant feminist efforts, and the agency, autonomy, and empowerment of its female members, by concentrating on their actions and writings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9781476676654
• ISBN-10: 1476676658
• Artikelnr.: 59424640

Autorenporträt

Mona Rocha is an assistant professor of History at Clovis Community College. She has published on women's history, feminist theory, and pop culture, including articles on Buffy, Sherlock Holmes, Dungeons & Dragons, and Veronica Mars.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1
Militant Feminism in the Weather Underground Organization
Chapter 2
Resistance Amidst Sexism
Chapter 3
Female Leadership and Authenticity
Chapter 4
As Women to the Cause of Women
Chapter 5
The WUO's Third Wave Approach
Conclusion
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index