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The weatherwomen : militant feminists of the Weather Underground / Mona Rocha.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rocha, Mona, 1977- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weather Underground Organization.
- Women social reformers--United States--History--20th century.
- Women social reformers.
- Second-wave feminism--United States.
- Second-wave feminism.
- Radicalism--United States--History--20th century.
- Radicalism.
- Sex discrimination against women--United States--History--20th century.
- Sex discrimination against women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 225 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Assertive, tough, and idealistic, the Weatherwomen-members of the Weather Underground Organization (WUO) from the late 1960s-were determined to stamp out sexism and social injustice. They asserted that militancy was necessary in the pursuit of a socialist revolution that would produce gender, racial, and class equality. This book excavates their long buried history and reclaims the voices of the Weatherwomen. The Weatherwomen's militant feminism had many facets. It criticized the role of women in the home, was concerned with the subordination of women to men, attacked the gender pay gap, and supported female bodily integrity. The Weatherwomen also refined their own feminist ideology into an intersectional one that would incorporate multiple identity perspectives beyond the white, American, middle-class perspective. In shaping a feminist vision for the WUO, the Weatherwomen dealt with sexism within their own organization and were dismissed by some feminist groups of the time as inauthentic. This work strives to recognize the WUO's militant feminist efforts, and the agency, autonomy, and empowerment of its female members, by concentrating on their actions and writings-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Militant feminism in the Weather Underground Organization
- Resistance amidst sexism
- Female leadership and authenticity
- As women to the cause of women
- The WUO's third wave approach.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-3880-2
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