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Table Of ContentForeword Preface PART ONE INTRODUCTION: A MOVEMENT THAT CHANGED A NATION The Impact of Activism The Long Women's Movement The Chilling Effects of the Red Scare Civil Rights Organizing Offers a Way Forward The New Feminism of the Second Wave Changing Culture and Policy The Conservative Backlash Carrying on in a Polarized Era American Feminists on a Global Stage PART TWO THE DOCUMENTS 1. Congress of American Women, The Position of the American Woman Today, 1946 2. Edith M. Stern, Women are Household Slaves, 1949 3. United Auto Workers, A Union Protects Its Women Members, 1955 4. Daughters of Bilitis, Purpose of the Daughters of Bilitis, 1955 5. Ella Baker, Developing Leadership among Other People, in Civil Rights 1960 6. Ethol Barol Taylor, 'There was such a feeling of sisterhood' in Working for Peace, 1962 7. President's Commission on the Status of Women, Invitation to Action, 1963 8. Pauli Murray, Women's Rights Are a Part of Human Rights, 1964 9. National Organization of Women, Statement of Purpose, 1966 10. Kathie Sarachild, A Program for Feminist 'Consciousness Raising', 1968 11. Margaret Cerullo, Hidden History: An Illegal Abortion, 1968 12. National Organization for Women, Why Feminists Want Child Care, 1969 13. Alice de Rivera, On De-Segregating Stuyvesant High School, 1969 14. The Feminists, Women: Do You Know the Facts about Marriage?, 1969 15. Gainesville Women's Liberation, What Men Can Do for Women's Liberation, 1970 16. Young Lords Party, Position Paper on Women, 1970 17. Pat Mainardi, The Politics of Housework, 1970 18. A Women's Health Collective, The Male-Feasance of Health, 1970 19. Susan Griffin, Rape Is a Form of Mass Terrorism, 1970 20. Radicalesbians, The Woman-Identified Woman, 1970 21. First National Chicana Conference, Workshop Resolutions, 1971 22. Johnnie Tillmon, Welfare is a Women's Issue, 1972 23. Chicago Women's Liberation Union, Socialist Feminism: A Strategy for the Women's Movement, 1972 24. Phyllis Schlafly, What's Wrong with 'Equal Rights' for Women?, 1972 25. Susan Jacoby, Feminism in the $12,000-a-Year Family, 1973 26. Margaret Sloan, Black Feminism: A New Mandate, 1974 27. Letha Scanzoni, For the Christian, The Idea of Human Freedom Shouldn't be Threatening, 1976 28. Anonymous, Letter from a Battered Wife, ca. 1976 29. Deirdre Silverman, Sexual Harassment Begins with Hiring Procedures, 1976 30. Combahee River Collective, A Black Feminist Statement, 1977 31. Men Allied Nationally for the Equal Rights Amendment, Ways Men Can Benefit, 1978 32. Mitsuye Yamada, Asian Pacific American Women and Feminism, 1979 33. Jerry Falwell, Rise up against the Tide of Permissiveness and Moral Decay, 1980 34. Bernice Johnson Reagon, Coalition Politics: Turning the Century, 1981 35. Yoichi Shimatsu and Patricia Lee, Dust and Dishes: Organizing Workers, 1989 36. Jyotsna Vaid, Seeking a Voice: South Asian Women's Groups in North America, 1989 37. Laurie Ouellette, Building the Third Wave: Reflections of a Young Feminist, 1992 38. PFLAG Supports Gay and Lesbian Children, 1994 39. Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Women's Rights Are Human Rights, 1995 40. Jennifer Baumgartner and Amy Richards, A Day without Feminism, 2000 Appendixes A Chronology of the American Women's Movement, 1945-2000 Questions for Consideration Selected Bibliography Index
SynopsisWith a collection of primary sources featuring the most up-to-date scholarship in U.S. womens history, American Womens Movement includes the voices of women of all ages, classes, and ethnicities, dispelling the misconception that the movement was solely a white, middle-class cause, With a collection of primary sources featuring the most up-to-date scholarship in U.S. women's history, American Women's Movement includes the voices of women of all ages, classes, and ethnicities, dispelling the misconception that the movement was solely a white, middle-class cause
LC Classification NumberHQ1410