The women most crucial to the feminist movement that emerged in the 1960's arrived at their commitment and consciousness in response to the unexpected and often shattering experience of having their work minimized, even disregarded, by the men they considered to be their colleagues and fellow crusaders in the civil rights and radical New Left movements. On the basis of years of research, interviews with dozens of the central figures, and her own personal experience, Evans explores how the political stance (...) of these women was catalyzed and shaped by their sharp disillusionment at a time when their skills as political activists were newly and highly developed, enabling them to join forces to support their own cause. (shrink)

This is an Authors Guild/BIP title. Please use Authors Guild/BIP specs. Author Bio: Jo Freeman is an attorney, author, and political scientist. She has published five books and dozens of articles on women and politics, feminism, social movements, public policy and law, political parties, organizational theory, education, federal election law, and the national nominating conventions. Description: This book analyses the two branches of the new feminist movement of the mid-1960s through 1973 and presents a theory of social movement origins, examines (...) internal conflicts, and assesses the role of the press in movement growth. It also explores how the movment created public policy and how policy shaped the movement. "Up to now, nobody has been sure what the women's liberation movement is, we just know it is happening. Jo Freeman makes up for feminism's peculiar lact of political analysis." 桸ancy Borman, Majority Report. (shrink)

This article argues that changes in the organization of social reproduction, defined to include the activities, attitudes, behaviors, emotions, responsibilities, and relationships involved in maintaining daily life, can explain historical differences in women's political self-organization. Examining the Progressive period, the 1930s, and the 1960s and 1970s, the authors suggest that the conditions of social reproduction provide the organizational resources for and legitimation of women's collective action.

Conflict and cooperation between generations of radical feminists.

A full-length analysis of social movements from a cultural perspective. This work considers the different approaches to culture, how movements are affected by their cultural environment and internal cultures within the movements themselves.