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Black Women in White America, ed. Gerda Lerner
(New York:Random House, 1992).
Century of Struggle,
Eleanor Flexner (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press,
1975). An inspiring book about the "firstwave" of the women's movement
in the United States, including the suffrage struggle, women's education,
labor, and property rights.
The Concise History of Woman Suffrage: Selections
from the Classic Work of Stanton, Anthony, Gage, and Harper,ed.
Mary Jo and Paul Buhle (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press,1978).
The Feminist Papers, Alice S. Rossi, ed. (New
York: Bantam Books, 1973). A collection of original essays and speeches
on women's rights.
Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women,
Work, and Family from Slavery to the Present, Jacqueline
Jones (New York: Basic Books, 1985).
Making Waves: An Anthology of Writings By
and about Asian American Women, ed. Asian Women United of California
(Boston: Beacon Press, 1989).
Moving the Mountain,
Flora Davis (New York: Simon and Schuster,1991). A gripping
account of the modern feminist movement, including a recap of events
from 1920 to 1960.
Survival in the Doldrums: The American Women's
Rights Movement, 1945 to the 1960s, Leila Rupp and Verta
Taylor(Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1990).
Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader in
U.S. Women's History, Second Edition, ed. Vicki L. Ruiz and Ellen
Carol DuBois (New York: Routledge, 1994).
Women, Work and Protest. A Century of U.S.
Women's Labor History, ed. Ruth Milkman (New York: Routledge and
Kegan Paul,1985).
Against the Tide: Pro-Feminist Men in the
United States, 1776-1990: A Documentary History, ed. Michael S.
Kimmel and Thomas Mosmiller (Boston: Beacon Press, 1992).
Feminist Theory:
A Gathering of Spirit: A Collection by North
American Indian Women, Beth Brandt (Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books,
1984).
The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan (New York:
Dell, 1963). The classic book that helped launch the modern feminist
movement.
The Grounding of Modern Feminism, Nancy F. Cott
(New Haven:Yale University Press, 1987 ).
The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir (New York:
Knopf, 1952,Vintage, 1974).
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical
Women of Color, ed. Gloria Anzaldda and Cherrfe Moraga (Latham,NY:
Kitchen Table Women of Color Press, 1984).
Women in Western Political Thought, Susan Moller
Okin (Princeton,NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992).
Contemporary Women's Issues:
Abortion and Woman's Choice, Rosalind Pollack
Petchesky (Boston: Northeastem University Press, 1990).
Against Our Will, Susan Brownmiller (New York:
Bantam Books,1975).
Backlash, Susan Faludi (New York: Doubleday,
199 1). Makes a strong case for the backlash women face today as a
result ofthe success of the women's movement.
Battered Wives, Del Martin (New York: Pocket
Books, 1983).
For Her Own Good: 150 Years of Experts Advice
to Women,Barbara Ehrenreich and Diedre English (New York: Doubleday,1989).
From Margin to Mainstream: American Women
in Politics Since 1960, Susan Hartmann (New York: Alfred Knopf,
1989).
How and Why Women Will Elect the Next President,
Eleanor Smeal (New York: Harper and Row, 1984). Describes the
evolution of the gender gap as an electoral phenomenon and a political
strategy.
Real Rape, Susan Estrich (Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press, 1987).
Sexual Harassment of Working Women, Catherine
MacKinnon (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1979).
Women Working: Theories and Facts in Perspective,
Second Edition, ed. Ann Helton Stromberg and Shirley Harkess (MountainView,
CA: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1988).
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