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Personal Politics: The Roots of Women's Liberation in the Civil Rights Movement & the New Left
The women most crucial to the feminist movement that emerged in the 1960's arrived at their commitment and consciousness in response to the unexpected and often shattering experience of having their work minimized, even disregarded, by the men they considered to be their colleagues and fellow crusaders in the civil rights and radical New Left movements. On the basis of yea...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
December 15th 2010
by Vintage
(first published 1979)
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She does not use a personal account like Friedan. Instead, she makes a historical argument that the roots of 2nd wave feminism come from women’s experiences in earlier social movements. Black power and the experiences of organizing, protesting, and cross gender involvement in the Civil Rights movement shaped 2nd wave feminism. The New Left also shaped the Women’s Liberation movement both positively and negatively. Positively in that organizational skill, self-confidence, political acumen, a...more
A considerably easy read for a monograph which draws in the relationship between the CRM, NL, and the emergence of the WLM. What is important to note while reading this book, however, is when the book was actually written, and the reason as to why it was written. Sara Evans is a historian who had written this monograph while she was working towards her doctrine in graduate school, which was then later published in 1979. Although Evans does accredit herself to a certain degree for participating w...more
I enjoyed this book, it was good to hear about the how the women of the 60's stood out from the crowd in an attempt to liberate themselves from the constraints of American society. This book was great because it had a lot of quotes from different members of various groups, it makes for a great primary source!
Interesting, if dated, look at the relationship between the Civil Rights Movement and the beginnings of second wave feminism.
Boring, but has some good info. Read just a few chapters, enough to write a response paper on.
Pretty ambitious undertaking...the roots of feminism from other movements. Alternately suceeds and fails chapter by chapter. Good starting point to understand this part of history.
A borderline racist narrative about white women fixing the lives of African Americans in the South and then moving on to improving their own lives. Don't read this.
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Sara M. Evans is a distinguished scholar and Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Minnesota where she taught women's history since 1976. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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