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(Originally published in Monthly Review, 1969, Sept.) It is argued that present economic conditions in capitalist as well as in socialist societies prohibit women's liberation in terms of full integration into the work force. Basic prerequisites for this integration include publicly provided child care & assistance with household duties in order to help fulfill family needs traditionally met by the mother. It is concluded that the achievement of economic & social liberation for women will require revolutionary changes in both capitalist & socialist societies. 10 References. A. Machold

THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT FRENCH FEMINIST THEORISTS, DESPITE THEIR CONSIDERABLE SOPHISTICATION, HAVE NOT ALWAYS HIT UPON THE BEST STRATEGIES FOR IDENTIFYING THE CONTINUING OPPRESSION OF WOMEN IN THEIR OWN SOCIETY. IN SOME CASES, THE DISCOURSE OF DIFFERENCE PROVED TO BE OPEN TO APPROPRIATION BY THOSE WISHING TO HALT OR REVERSE MOVES TOWARDS SUBSTANTIVE EQUALITY FOR WOMEN.

What was it like to participate in the Women's Liberation Movement? What made millions of women step forward from the 1960s onwards and join it in different ways? Many of the 56 women in this book were there. They describe how they have contributed in multitudinous ways across politics, the arts, health, education, environmentalism, economics and science and created wonderfully rebellious activism. And how they continue this activism today with determined grittiness. Here are women - all over 70 years of age - still railing against the patriarchal systemic oppression of women, still fighting back --

The Italian women's movement is currently split over a proposed law on sexual violence initiated by its current leaders. Older feminist scholars, intellectuals, & activists who began their involvement in women's issues during the 1970s are opposed to the law & are actively campaigning against it. Criticism of the current rape law -- formulated in the 1930s -- centers around the mistreatment of the victim; ie, she ends up on trial, rather than her attacker. The proposed legislation designates all types of sexual assaults as rape & eliminates distinctions between them. Debate focuses on the issue of mandatory prosecution, with some arguing that women should decide for themselves whether to prosecute. Theoretical differences reflected in the historical development of the Italian feminist movement are described to elucidate this debate. 9 References. S. G. Yates

Womens Liberation and the Sublime is a passionate report on the state of feminist thinking and practice after the linguistic turn. A critical assessment of masculinist notions of the sublime in modern and postmodern accounts grounds the author's positive and constructive recuperation ofsublime experience in a feminist voice.

Fifty years after the start of the women's liberation movement, a book that at last illuminates the profound impact Jewishness and second-wave feminism had on each other. Jewish women were undeniably instrumental in shaping the women's liberation movement of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. Yet historians and participants themselves have overlooked their contributions as Jews. This has left many vital questions unasked and unanswered-until now. Delving into archival sources and conducting extensive interviews with these fierce pioneers, Joyce Antler has at last broken the silence about the confluence of feminism and Jewish identity. Antler's exhilarating new book features dozens of compelling biographical narratives that reveal the struggles and achievements of Jewish radical feminists in Chicago, New York and Boston, as well as those who participated in the later, self-consciously identified Jewish feminist movement that fought gender inequities in Jewish religious and secular life. Disproportionately represented in the movement, Jewish women's liberationists helped to provide theories and models for radical action that were used throughout the United States and abroad. Their articles and books became classics of the movement and led to new initiatives in academia, politics, and grassroots organizing. Other Jewish-identified feminists brought the women's movement to the Jewish mainstream and Jewish feminism to the Left. For many of these women, feminism in fact served as a "portal" into Judaism. Recovering this deeply hidden history, Jewish Radical Feminism places Jewish women's activism at the center of feminist and Jewish narratives. The stories of over forty women's liberationists and identified Jewish feminists-from Shulamith Firestone and Susan Brownmiller to Rabbis Laura Geller and Rebecca Alpert-illustrate how women's liberation and Jewish feminism unfolded over the course of the lives of an extraordinary cohort of women, profoundly influencing the social, political, and religious revolutions of our era.

The practice of commercial surrogate motherhood raises the question of whether women's reproductive powers & the resultant children may properly be treated as commodities. According to the theory of commodity values proposed, something is properly treated as a commodity if its production, use, & exchange are properly subject to the norms of modern markets. Several market norms applied to the use of women's labor & the exchange of their children in commercial surrogacy are examined & criticized for their failure to treat women & their children with proper respect & consideration. No foreseeable reforms of the practice can remedy these problems. AA

Development of several autonomous movements, including the Forum Against Oppression of Women; role of trade unions and political parties.

In this archivally informed work, Jennifer S. Clark explores the multiple ways in which the feminist priorities of the 1970s were strengthened by women who labored in the American television industry. Carefully synthesizing an array of interviews and primary sources—from television network memos to programming schedules, production notes to executive meeting agendas—Clark tells the story of how women organized in the workplace to form collectives, affect production labor, and develop reform‑oriented policies and philosophies that reshaped television behind the screen. She urges us to consider how interventions, often at localized levels, can collectively shift the dynamics of media workplaces and the cultural products created therein.
"A terrific model of feminist media historiography. Jennifer Clark expands our understanding of 1970s American television, the women's liberation movement, and the deep connections among gender, labor, and activism while innovating new strategies to examine the media industries." — Elana Levine, author of Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History
"A massively important and enlightening contribution to the field, offering a nuanced treatment of industry cooperation and compromise. Clark uses rare archival findings and a wide range of cultural objects and case studies to generate fresh, bold conclusions around second-wave feminism and American television." — Annie Berke, author of Their Own Best Creations: Women Writers in Postwar Television

THIS ARTICLE OFFERS A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF FEMALE LIFE IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC). THE AUTHOR STRESSES THE FACT THAT THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE CHINESE REVOLUTION CREATED ITS OWN GENDER HIERARCHY DID NOT EVEN OCCUR TO HER UNTIL HER EXPOSURE TO WESTERN FEMINIST THEORY. EVEN NOW, WHILE SHE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE SUBTLE AND NOT-SO-SUBTLE WAYS IN WHICH WOMEN ARE SUBORDINATED IN THE PRC, SHE STILL ARGUES FOR A BROAD BASED MOVEMENT WHICH LINKS WOMEN'S RIGHTS WITH CITIZENS' RIGHTS, WOMEN'S CONSCIOUSNESS WITH DEMOCRATIC CONSCIOUSNESS, AND WOMEN'S LIBERATION WITH SOCIAL EMANCIPATION.