Table of Contents
Foreword 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