Nancy Rosenstock

Inside the Second Wave of Feminism (eBook, ePUB)

Boston Female Liberation, 1968-1972 An Account by Participants

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A landmark account of a key radical feminist organization, offering lessons for today's women's liberation movement.

Activist members of the radical feminist organization Boston Female Liberation provide an inside account of the group's history, strategy, and legacy in this compelling contribution to the historiography of Second Wave feminism.

Boston Female Liberation member Nancy Rosenstock expertly weaves together the reflections of her fellow-activists, describing how they became feminists, recounting the breadth of their organizing work, and linking their achievements and experience to contemporary struggles against sexism.

The book also includes ten radical feminist documents crucial to contextualizing the activity and thinking of the organization and its members.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Haymarket Books
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781642597301
• Artikelnr.: 62946125

Autorenporträt

Nancy Rosenstock, feminist and socialist activist for five decades, was a member of Boston Female Liberation and served on the national staff of the Women's National Abortion Action Coalition in 1971. She continues to fight for abortion to be safe, legal, and accessible.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Women Interviewed
1. The Road to Feminism
2. Swept Up by a Wave
3. August 26, 1970 – Women’s Strike for Equality
4. Beyond Our Expectations
5. Female Liberation and the Anti-Vietnam War Movement
6. The Fight to Legalize Abortion
7. Drawing Broader Conclusions: Feminism and Socialism
8. Female Liberation Shaped Our Lives
Female Liberation Documents:
1. A Statement About Female Liberation
2. Pass the Word
3. The Case for Studied Ugliness
4. An Argument for Black Women’s Liberation as a Revolutionary Force
5. Black Women and Abortion
6. Abortion: A Feminist Perspective
7. Females and Self-Defense
8. Feminism and the Anti-War Movement
9. Which Way for Female Liberation
10. Why Is Feminism Revolutionary?
Photos/Graphics
Index