Sisterhood Is Powerful
by Robin Morgan |
Sisterhood, Interrupted
by Deborah Siegel | 
The Bust Guide to the New Girl Order
by Marcelle Karp |
We Don't Need Another Wave
by Melody Berger |
To Be Real
by Rebecca Walker |
Listen Up
by Barbara Findlen |
Moving Beyond Words
by Gloria Steinem |
BITCHfest
by Lisa Jervis | 
Sisterhood Is Forever
by Robin Morgan |
The World Split Open
by Ruth Rosen |
In Our Time
by Susan Brownmiller |
Colonize This!
by Daisy Hernandez |
Adios, Barbie
by Ophira Edut |
Women & Power
by Mary Beard | 
This Bridge Called My Back
by Cherrie Moraga | 
A Room of One's Own
by Virginia Woolf | 
Outlaw Culture
by Bell Hooks | 
Three Guineas
by Virginia Woolf | 
Bitch
by Elizabeth Wurtzel | 
One Dimensional Woman
by Nina Power |
Here are the essential historical writings of feminism. Many of these works, long out of print or forgotten in what Miriam Schneir describes as a male-dominated literary tradition, are finally brought out of obscurity and into the light of contemporary analysis and criticism. Included are more than forty selections, coveting 150 years of writings on women's struggle for freedom -- from the American Revolution to the first decades of the twentieth century. This updated, wide-ranging collection encompasses the crucial issues of women's oppression. A surprising degree of continuity between the ideas of the old and the new feminism is evident throughout. In her selection, Miriam Schneir has by passed writings that deal exclusively with the outdated topic of suffrage in an effort to focus attention on the still unsolved feminist problems: marriage as an instrument of oppression; woman's desire to control her own body; the economic independence of women; the search for selfhood. This richly diverse collection contains excerpts from books, essays, speeches, documents, letters, as well as poetry, drama, and fiction. Extensive commentaries by the editor help the reader see the historical context of each selection.