Personal politics : the roots of women's liberation in the civil rights movement and the new left / by Sara Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Sara M. (Sara Margaret), 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--United States--Social conditions.

Women.

Radicalism.

United States.

Social conditions.

Radicalism--United States.

Feminism--United States.

Feminism.

Civil rights movements--United States.

Civil rights movements.

Physical Description:

xii, 274 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage Books, 1980.

Summary:

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 years of research, interviews with dozens of the central figures, and her own personal experience, Evans explores how the political stance of these women was catalyzed and shaped by their sharp disillusionment at a time when their skills as political activists were newly and highly developed, enabling them to join forces to support their own cause.

Contents:

1 Prologue: Cracks in the Mold 3

2 Southern White Women in a Southern Black Movement 24

3 Going South 60

4 Black Power-Catalyst for Feminism 83

5 A Reassertion of the Personal 102

6 Let the People Decide 126

7 The Failure of Success-Women in the Movement 156

8 The Dam Breaks 193

9 Personal Politics 212

SNCC Position Paper (Women in the Movement) Sex and Caste

"We Started from Different Ends of the Spectrum" Liberation of Women.

Notes:

Reprint of the 1979 ed. published by Knopf, New York.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [257]-268.

ISBN:

0394742281

OCLC:

5564153