Feminism in our time : the essential writings, World War II to the present /

Feminism in our time : the essential writings, World War II to the present /

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Beginning with the trailblazing works of Simone de Beauvoir, Doris Lessing, and Betty Friedan, this profound volume charts the development of the women's movement to the present day, with statements by Anita Hill and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Includes samples from classic works by Kate Millett, Adri...

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Other Authors: Schneir, Miriam
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, 1994
New York : [1994]
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Feminism > United States > History
Women > United States > History
Feminism
History
Women
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Miriam Schneir
  • The Second Sex / Simone de Beauvoir
  • The Golden Notebook / Doris Lessing
  • Purdah / Sylvia Plath
  • American Women / The Report of the President's Commission on the Status of Women
  • The Feminine Mystique / Betty Friedan
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII
  • Jane Crow and the Law: Sex Discrimination and Title VII / Pauli Murray and Mary O. Eastwood
  • A Kind of Memo . . . to a Number of Other Women in the Peace and Freedom Movements / Casey Hayden and Mary King
  • The National Organization for Women Statement of Purpose
  • An SDS Statement on the Liberation of Women
  • Toward a Female Liberation Movement / Beverly Jones
  • Redstockings Manifesto
  • Bread and Roses / Kathy McAfee and Myrna Wood
  • Goodbye to All That / Robin Morgan
  • The Woman-Identified Woman / Radicalesbians
  • Who Said It Was Simple / Audre Lorde
  • National Black Feminist Organization Statement of Purpose
  • The Combahee River Collective Statement
  • New York City Commission on Human Rights Hearings on Women's Rights. A Strategy for Change / Eleanor Holmes Norton. Women's Rights and the Revolution of Rising Expectations / Betty Friedan. Patterns of Discrimination and Discouragement in Higher Education / Bernice Sandler. Women in Household Employment / Patricia Jones. Discrimination in High School Sports / Phyllis Graber. Women in Elective Office / Bella Abzug
  • Opinion of the Court / Jane Roe v. Henry Wade
  • The Way We Were - And Will Be / Gloria Steinem
  • Pornography: Men Possessing Women / Andrea Dworkin
  • In a Different Voice / Carol Gilligan
  • The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future / Riane Eisler
  • Backlash / Susan Faludi
  • Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee / Anita Hill
  • African American Women in Defense of Ourselves
  • On Being Nominated to the Supreme Court / Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  • The Demise of the Dancing Dog / Cynthia Ozick
  • Women: The Longest Revolution / Juliet Mitchell
  • Kinder, Kuche, Kirche as Scientific Law: Psychology Constructs the Female / Naomi Weisstein
  • Sexual Politics / Kate Millett
  • The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution / Shulamith Firestone
  • The Poem as Mask / Muriel Rukeyser
  • After the Death of God the Father: Women's Liberation and the Transformation of Christian Consciousness / Mary Daly
  • Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape / Susan Brownmiller
  • The Mermaid and the Minotaur: Sexual Arrangements and Human Malaise / Dorothy Dinnerstein
  • Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman / Michele Wallace
  • Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence / Adrienne Rich
  • In Celebration of My Uterus / Anne Sexton
  • The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm / Anne Koedt
  • The Female Eunuch / Germaine Greer
  • Our Bodies, Ourselves / Boston Women's Health Book Collective
  • Equal Rights Amendment
  • Introduction / Miriam Schneir
  • The Second Sex / Simone de Beauvoir
  • The Golden Notebook / Doris Lessing
  • Purdah / Sylvia Plath
  • American Women / The Report of the President's Commission on the Status of Women
  • The Feminine Mystique / Betty Friedan
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII
  • Jane Crow and the Law: Sex Discrimination and Title VII / Pauli Murray and Mary O. Eastwood
  • A Kind of Memo . . . to a Number of Other Women in the Peace and Freedom Movements / Casey Hayden and Mary King
  • The National Organization for Women Statement of Purpose
  • An SDS Statement on the Liberation of Women
  • Toward a Female Liberation Movement / Beverly Jones
  • Redstockings Manifesto
  • Bread and Roses / Kathy McAfee and Myrna Wood
  • Goodbye to All That / Robin Morgan
  • The Woman-Identified Woman / Radicalesbians
  • Who Said It Was Simple / Audre Lorde
  • National Black Feminist Organization Statement of Purpose
  • The Combahee River Collective Statement
  • The Demise of the Dancing Dog / Cynthia Ozick
  • Women: The Longest Revolution / Juliet Mitchell
  • Kinder, Kuche, Kirche as Scientific Law: Psychology Constructs the Female / Naomi Weisstein
  • Sexual Politics / Kate Millett
  • The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution / Shulamith Firestone
  • The Poem as Mask / Muriel Rukeyser
  • After the Death of God the Father: Women's Liberation and the Transformation of Christian Consciousness / Mary Daly
  • Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape / Susan Brownmiller
  • The Mermaid and the Minotaur: Sexual Arrangements and Human Malaise / Dorothy Dinnerstein
  • Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman / Michele Wallace
  • Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence / Adrienne Rich
  • In Celebration of My Uterus / Anne Sexton
  • The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm / Anne Koedt
  • The Female Eunuch / Germaine Greer
  • Our Bodies, Ourselves / Boston Women's Health Book Collective
  • Equal Rights Amendment
  • New York City Commission on Human Rights Hearings on Women's Rights A Strategy for Change / Eleanor Holmes Norton. Women's Rights and the Revolution of Rising Expectations / Betty Friedan. Patterns of Discrimination and Discouragement in Higher Education / Bernice Sandler. Women in Household Employment / Patricia Jones. Discrimination in High School Sports / Phyllis Graber. Women in Elective Office / Bella Abzug
  • Opinion of the Court / Jane Roe v. Henry Wade
  • The Way We Were - And Will Be / Gloria Steinem
  • Pornography: Men Possessing Women / Andrea Dworkin
  • In a Different Voice / Carol Gilligan
  • The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future / Riane Eisler
  • Backlash / Susan Faludi
  • Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee / Anita Hill
  • African American Women in Defense of Ourselves
  • On Being Nominated to the Supreme Court / Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
  • Reawakening
  • An early victory
  • Sisterhood
  • "We cannot rely on existing ideologies"
  • Our bodies
  • Working for change
  • Themes of the eighties and nineties

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