Feminist Organizing Across the Generations

Feminist Organizing Across the Generations spans almost 60 years of feminist history and traces the evolution of feminist activism from the 1960s until the present.

List of contents

Part I: Building the feminist movement; 1. The founders; 2. Celebrating victories, managing conflicts; 3. The struggle for gender justice and racial justice; 4. The backlash gains momentum; Part II: Building feminist service organizations; 5. Challenges facing feminist service organizations; 6. Organizations combatting violence against women; 7. The women’s health movement; 8. Funding the movement; Part III: Feminist organizing in the 21st century; 9. The Women’s March: The limits of social media mobilization; 10. The decline of established feminist organizations; 11. Young feminists, forging new paths, building new organizations; Conclusion

About the author

Karen Bojar is Professor Emerita of English and Women’s Studies at the Community College of Philadelphia where she founded the Women’s Studies/Gender Studies program

Summary

Feminist Organizing Across the Generations spans almost 60 years of feminist history and traces the evolution of feminist activism from the 1960s until the present.

Product details

• Authors: Karen Bojar, Bojar Karen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9781032123400
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3212340-0
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Global Gender
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory