Freedom for Women

Forging the Women's Liberation Movement, 1953-1970

Bibliographic Data

ID20021381
AuthorsCarol Giardina (corresponding author)
Year2010
Pages336
Publication date2010-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueFreedom for women (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity Press of Florida (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5744/florida/9780813034560.001.0001
OpenAlexW2361780331
Open LibraryOL24033077M
ISBN9780813034560
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited1

In this first-hand history of the contemporary Women's Liberation Movement (WLM), the book argues against the prevalent belief that the movement grew out of frustrations over the male chauvinism experienced by WLM founders active in the Black Freedom Movement and the New Left. Instead, it contends, it was the ideas, resources, and skills that women gained in these movements that were the new and necessary catalysts for forging the WLM in the 1960s. The book uses a focused study of the WLM in Florida to tap into the common theory and history shared by a relatively small band of Women's Liberation founders across the country. Drawing on a wealth of interviews, autobiographical essays, organizational records, and published writings, the book brings to light information that has been previously ignored in other secondary accounts about the leadership of African American women in the movement. It also explores activists' roots in other movements on the left. It is a vivid portrait of the people and events that shaped radical feminism

Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Chauvinism · Feminism · Movement (music) · Political science · Politics · Portrait · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Race, History, and American Society · 20th century · Second-wave feminism · united states · Women's rights

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