Feminist Generations: The Persistence of the Radical Women's Movement

329 Pages·1995·55.801 MB·English

by  Nancy Whittier

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THE PER SI STENCE OF THE
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CAZENOVIA COLLEGE LIBRARY
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Temple University Press, Philadelphia 19122
Copyright © 1995 by Temple University. All rights reserved
Published I 995
Printed in the United Scates of America
@ The paper used in this book meets the requiremencs of the
American National Standard for Information Sciences- Permanence of
Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI z39.48-1984
Text design by Chiquita S. Babb
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Whittier, Nancy, 1966-
Feminist generations : the persistence of the radical women's
movement/ Nancy Whittier.
p. cm. - (Women in the political economy)
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 1-56639-281-0 (cloth : alk, paper). - ISBN 1-56639-282-9
(pbk. : alk. paper)
Feminism-United Scares. 2. Radicalism- U nired Scares.
1.
l. Title. II. Series.
HQ1154.W49 1995
305.4210973- dc20 94-26260
CONTENTS
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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Radical Feminism in Columbus, Ohio
I : :
The Evolution of Radical Feminist Identity
2 : : 55
3 : : Changers and the Changed: Radical Feminists
in the Reagan Years 80
4 : : Keeping the Faith: Working for So_s:ial Change 116
5 :: United We Stand: The Impact of the Women's
Movement on Other Social Movements
155
6 : : Feminists in the "Postfeminist" Age:
The Women's Movement in the 1980s
7 : : The Next Wave 225
Conclusion: The Persistence and Transformation of
Social Movements 24 5
Appendix: Women's Movement Organizations and Dates,
Columbus, Ohio 259
Notes 263
Index 301
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