The Weatherwomen - Militant Feminists of the Weather Underground

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.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1

Militant Feminism in the Weather Underground Organization

Chapter 2

Resistance Amidst Sexism

Chapter 3

Female Leadership and Authenticity

Chapter 4

As Women to the Cause of Women

Chapter 5

The WUO's Third Wave Approach

Conclusion

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Mona Rocha is an assistant professor of History at Clovis Community College. She has published on women's history, feminist theory, and pop culture, including articles on Buffy, Sherlock Holmes, Dungeons & Dragons, and Veronica Mars.

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. This book excavates their long buried history and reclaims the voices of the Weatherwomen.

Product details

• Authors: Mona Rocha
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781476676654
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-7665-4
• No. of pages: 235
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Political Ideologies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Radicalism, c 1960 to c 1970, Feminism & feminist theory, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, Feminism and feminist theory, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, c 1970 to c 1980, Political ideologies and movements, WUO; weatherwomen; feminism