The Feminist Memoir Project: Voices from Women's Liberation
by Ann Snitow (Editor), Rachel Blau Duplessis (Editor)
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The women of The Feminist Memoir Project give voice to the spirit, the drive, and the claims of the Women's Liberation Movement they helped shape, beginning in the late 1960s. These 32 writers were among the thousands to jump-start feminism in our time. Here, in pieces that are passionate, personal, critical, and witty, they describe what it felt like to make history, to live through and contribute to the massive social movement that transformed the nation.Tags
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This is a collection of memoirs from the second wave of American feminism. There are different perspectives of the priorities of the movement, and paints a vivid picture of the times. Most of the people (so far) came out of the Civil Rights and Student Movements of the times, which I'm pretty familiar with. I'm not as familiar with the labor movements of the earlier part of the century, where some of these women came out of. I want to learn more about that.
There is a lot in this book. There were some essays I didn't finish, because some of the stories became repetitive. While I appreciate the honesty of the writers, it started becoming exhausting, reading of how much in-fighting took place--that was a frequently recounted topic.
What show more made me pick this book up from the library was that Minnie Bruce Pratt had an entry in it, and that did not disappoint. show less
There is a lot in this book. There were some essays I didn't finish, because some of the stories became repetitive. While I appreciate the honesty of the writers, it started becoming exhausting, reading of how much in-fighting took place--that was a frequently recounted topic.
What show more made me pick this book up from the library was that Minnie Bruce Pratt had an entry in it, and that did not disappoint. show less
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Feminists' memoirs/autobiographies
38 works; 11 members
1960s
281 works; 16 members
Author Information
Ann Barr Snitow (1943-2019) was a much-loved feminist writer, gifted organizer, teacher, and co-instigator of groundbreaking feminist organizations including No More Nice Girls, New York Radical Feminists, and the Network of East-West Women. As an academic, she twice cofounded gender studies programs at The New School, where she taught for three show more decades. show less
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies, General Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 305.42 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Women Social role and status of women
- LCC
- HQ1426 .F4725 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women Women. Feminism
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- Languages
- English
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- Paper
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