Book description
A comprehensive and engaging oral history of the decade that defined the feminist movement, including interviews with living icons and unsung heroes-from former Newsweek reporter and author of the "powerful and moving" (The New York Times) Witness to the Revolution.
For lovers of both Barbie and Gloria Steinem, The Movement…
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This book takes you on a long tour through a pivotal decade in the emergence of the second wave of feminism in the United States of America via oral history, detailing actions, bios, and anecdotes of key figures. For the first time, I heard the ‘behind the scenes’ dynamics, interpersonal links, and public and private differences between many familiar figures such as Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisolm, and many, many other not-so-well-known but leading feminists.
This is a gripping account of determination, leading thinking, differences of opinion, and risky activism in the USA in a tricky decade for women,…
From Lorraine's list on history inspiring hope and action for feminist activists.
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