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Feminist organizing across the generations
Author
Title
Feminist organizing across the generations / Karen Bojar.
ISBN
1000472817
1000472825
1003224148
1032123400
9781000472813
9781000472820
9781003224143
9781032123400
1032123362
9781032123363
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2022.
Physical Description
1 online resource (ix, 260 pages) : illustrations
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Biographical / Historical Note
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. Using the Philadelphia chapter of the National Women's Organization as a starting point, Karen Bojar explores how feminist organizing was unfolding in similar ways across the county. The book examines the enormous energy put into building feminist service organizations such as women's shelters and rape crisis centers which were to have a profound impact on major social institutions, health care delivery and the justice system. The book also looks at the differences between the organizing strategies of "second wave" feminists and those of the 21st century. Much 21st-century feminist organizing is taking place outside of explicitly feminist groups, with young feminists bringing a gender justice perspective to a range of racial, economic and climate justice organizations. This book is suitable for students and scholars in women's and gender history, political history and gender studies.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Bojar, Karen. Feminist organizing across the generations. Abingdon, Oxfordshire ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2024
Series
Global gender
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-253) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Building the feminist movement. The founders ; Celebrating victories, managing conflicts ; The struggle for gender justice and racial justice ; The backlash gains momentum
Building feminist service organizations. Challenges facing feminist service organizations ; Organizations combatting violence against women ; The women's health movement ; Funding the movement
Feminist organizing in the 21st century. The Women's march : the limits of social media mobilization ; The decline of established feminist organizations ; Young feminists, forging new paths, building new organizations
Conclusion.
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Electronic books.
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