Making Waves: Grassroots Feminism in Duluth and Superior

Making Waves: Grassroots Feminism in Duluth and Superior

by Elizabeth Ann Bartlett
Making Waves: Grassroots Feminism in Duluth and Superior

Making Waves: Grassroots Feminism in Duluth and Superior

by Elizabeth Ann Bartlett

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Overview

A vital history of the groups and individuals who put Duluth and Superior at the forefront of pioneering and innovative feminist organizing.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781681340111
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Publication date: 09/01/2016
Edition description: 1
Pages: 342
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth Ann Bartlett is a professor of women’s studies at the Universityof Minnesota, Duluth. She has lived in Duluth since 1980 and has been an active member of the feminist community there ever since. She is the author of four previous books and dozens of articles and papers.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

A Note on Methodology xiii

Introduction 3

1 There Is Something Special in Duluth 13

2 A Brief History of Feminist Organizing in the Twin Ports 31

3 Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault 53

4 The Women's Coalition for Battered Women/Safe Haven Shelter and Resource Center 76

5 Domestic Abuse Intervention Project and Praxis International 99

6 Women's Health Center and the Building for Women 122

7 Northcountry Women's Coffeehouse 143

8 Center Against Sexual and Domestic Abuse 158

9 Women's Transitional Housing Coalition/Women's Community Development Organization and Women in Construction 172

10 Mending the Sacred Hoop 196

11 Aurora: A Northland Lesbian Center 214

12 American Indian Community Housing Organization 228

13 Lessons Learned 253

Conclusion 259

Timeline of Events 267

Notes 273

Sources 299

Index 305

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