Mobilizing New York : AIDS, antipoverty, and feminist activism / Tamar W. Carroll, The University of North Carolina Press/Chapel Hill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carroll, Tamar W., author.

Series:

Gender & American culture

Gender and American culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

ACT UP New York (Organization).

Economic assistance, Domestic--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Economic assistance, Domestic.

Feminism--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Feminism.

AIDS activists--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

AIDS activists.

ACT UP New York (Organization)--History--20th century.

History.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, [2015]

Contents:

Preface: Making history

A cauldron within which new ideas can be tested out : MFY and the early war on poverty

A grand cooker of a scene : MFY's outgrowths

Everything then made sense : bridging the neighborhood and women's movements

It was talking about my life : developing working-class feminism

Turn anger, fear, grief into action : ACT UP New York

It saved my life : creating queer politics

Epilogue: ACT UP will be here again.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-261) and index.

ISBN:

9781469619880

1469619881

OCLC:

893452577