The American Women's Movement

PART I: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 II: THE DOCUMENTS .- Congress of American Women, 'The Position of the American Woman Today' (1946).- Edith M. Stern, 'Women are Household Slaves' (1949).- United Auto Workers, 'A Union Protects Its Women Members' (1955).- Daughters of Bilitis, 'Purpose of the Daughters of Bilitis' (1955) .- Ella Baker, 'Developing Leadership among Other People' in Civil Rights (1960).- Ethol Barol Taylor, ''There was such a feeling of sisterhood' in Working for Peace' (1962).- President's Commission on the Status of Women, 'Invitation to Action' (1963) .- Pauli Murray, 'Women's Rights Are a Part of Human Rights' (1964).- National Organization of Women 'Statement of Purpose' (1966).- Kathie Sarachild, 'A Program for Feminist 'Consciousness Raising'' (1968) .- Margaret Cerullo, 'Hidden History: An Illegal Abortion' (1968).- National Organization for Women, 'Why Feminists Want Child Care' (1969).- Alice de Rivera, 'On De-Segregating Stuyvesant High School' (1969).- The Feminists, 'Women: Do You Know the Facts about Marriage?' (1969) .- Gainesville Women's Liberation, 'What Men Can Do for Women's Liberation' (1970).- Young Lords Party, 'Position Paper on Women' (1970) .- Pat Mainardi, 'The Politics of Housework' (1970) .- A Women's Health Collective, 'The Male-Feasance of Health' (1970).- Susan Griffin, 'Rape Is a Form of Mass Terrorism' (1970).- Radicalesbians, 'The Woman-Identified Woman' (1970) .- First National Chicana Conference, 'Workshop Resolutions,' (1971).- Johnnie Tillmon, 'Welfare is a Women's Issue' (1972).- Chicago Women's Liberation Union, 'Socialist Feminism: A Strategy for the Women's Movement' (1972).- Phyllis Schlafly, 'What's Wrong with 'Equal Rights' for Women?' (1972).- Susan Jacoby, 'Feminism in the $12,000-a-Year Family' (1973) .- Margaret Sloan, 'Black Feminism: A New Mandate' (1974).- Letha Scanzoni, 'For the Christian, The Idea of Human Freedom Shouldn't be Threatening' (1976) .- Anonymous, 'Letter from a Battered Wife' (ca. 1976).- Deirdre Silverman, 'Sexual Harassment Begins with Hiring Procedures' (1976).- Combahee River Collective, 'A Black Feminist Statement' (1977) .- Men Allied Nationally for the Equal Rights Amendment, 'Ways Men Can Benefit' (1978).- Mitsuye Yamada, 'Asian Pacific American Women and Feminism' (1979) .- Jerry Falwell, 'Rise up against the Tide of Permissiveness and Moral Decay' (1980).- Bernice Johnson Reagon, 'Coalition Politics: Turning the Century' (1981).- Yoichi Shimatsu and Patricia Lee, 'Dust and Dishes: Organizing Workers' (1989).- Jyotsna Vaid, 'Seeking a Voice: South Asian Women's Groups in North America' (1989).- Laurie Ouellette, 'Building the Third Wave: Reflections of a Young Feminist' (1992).- 'PFLAG Supports Gay and Lesbian Children' (1994) .- Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 'Women's Rights Are Human Rights' (1995).- 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.