Red Feminism

American communism and the making of women's liberation

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ID19901401
AuthorsKate Weigand (corresponding author)
Year2002
Pages220
Publication date2002-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueRed feminism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.56021/9780801864896
OpenAlexW4312306586
Open LibraryOL33512320M
ISBN9780801864896
LanguageEN
Citations received11

"Drawing on substantial new research, Red Feminism traces the development of a distinctive Communist strain of American feminism from its troubled beginnings in the 1930s, through its rapid growth in the Congress of American Women during the early years of the Cold War, to its culmination in Communist Party circles of the late 1940s and early 1950s. Kate Weigand identifies the Communist and progressive women who developed a sophisticated critique of women's oppression and devised a class- and race-conscious program for women's liberation. Their efforts expanded the Party's theoretical analysis of women's oppression, led to the removal of sexist images from Party publications, and prompted a variety of new courses, publications, and activities aimed at promoting women's liberation inside and outside of Communist Party settings.". "Weigand argues persuasively that, despite the devastating effects of anti-Communism and Stalinism on the progressive Left of the 1950s, Communist feminists such as Susan B. Anthony II, Betty Millard, and Eleanor Flexner managed to sustain many important elements of their work into the 1960s, when a new generation took up their cause and built an effective movement for women's liberation. Long before the civil rights revolution, the Communist analysis of race and class difference among women supported the struggles of African-American women and other women of color. Red Feminism provides a more complex view of the history of the modern women's movement, showing how key Communist activists came to understand gender, sexism, and race as central components of culture, economics, and politics in American society."--BOOK JACKET

Art · Feminism · Sociology · Australian History and Society · Gender Studies · Race, History, and American Society · 20th century · African americans · Civil rights · Communist party of the united states of america · Feminist theory · History · Political activity · Political Parties · politics and government · Social conditions · united states · Women · Women and communism · Women in politics · Women's rights

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