Bibliography


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    A Place of Rage
Prominent black women comment upon experiences of Afro-American women. The documentary includes historical footage of civil rights movement in the 1960's. Interviews: June Jordan, Angela Davis, Alice Walker, Trinh T. Minh-Ha.
Publisher: New York, NY :, Women Make Movies, 1991.
    American Experience: The Pill
The contraceptive pill was argued and debated with fervor for decades before its final approval by the US Food and Drug Administration in May 1960. Produced by the American Experience series, this website features timelines, primary sources, interviews and other resources that explore the issues surrounding the creation of the pill.
Publisher: Alexandria, VA, PBS, Inc, 1999.
    American Radicalism Collection
This site contains images of 129 pamphlets, documents, and newsletters produced by or relevant to radical movements. Groups and issues represented by one to 30 documents include birth control; the Black Panthers; the Hollywood Ten; the Ku Klux Klan; and Students for a Democratic Society.
Publisher: East Lansing, MI, Michigan State University Libraries, 2001.
    Civil Rights Act of 1964
Full text of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Document Number: PL 88-352 (02 JUL 1964) 88th Congress, H. R. 7152. Includes - Title I: Voting Rights. Title II: Injunctive Relief Against Discrimination in Places of Public. Title III: Desegregation of Public Facilities. Title IV: Desegregation of Public Administration. Title V: Commission on Civil Rights. Title VI: Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs. Title VII: Equal Employment Opportunity. Title VIII: Registration and Voting Statistics. Title IX: Intervention and Procedure after Removal in Civil Rights Cases.
Publisher: Washington, DC, U.S. Government, 200x-.
    Classic Feminist Writings
Over 30 full-text articles that helped define the Second Wave of feminism. Includes essays by Shulamith Firestone, Kate Millett, Kathie Amatniek, Frances Beal, Marge Piercy, Anne Koedt and others.
Publisher: Chicago, IL, The CWLU Herstory Website, 200?.
    Daring to be Bad: Radical Feminism in America, 1967-1975
Author: Echols, Alice. Publisher: Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1989.
    Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution
Author: Firestone, Shulamith. Publisher: New York, NY, Morrow, 1970.
    Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement
The materials in this on-line archival collection document various aspects of the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States, and focus specifically on the radical origins of this movement during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Items range from radical theoretical writings to humorous plays to the minutes of an actual grassroots group. The items in this on-line collection are scanned and transcribed from original documents held in Duke's Special Collections Library.
Publisher: Durham, NC, The Digital Scriptorium, Special Collections Library, Duke University, 1997.
    Feminist Chronicles [Chronology], PartII 1953-1993
Timeline charts divided into three sections: Events, Issues, and The Backlash. Events lists the major public events that constituted the context in which the feminist movement operated. The seven issues are essentially among those that the President's Commission on the Status of Women, established by Executive Order No. 10980 of December 14, 1961.Backlash describes the activities of the opposition to the movement.
Publisher: Washington, DC, The Feminist Majority Foundation and New Media Publishing Inc., 1995.
    Handbook of American Women's History
This work is located in the Richter Library 1st floor Reference Collection.
Author: Zophy, Angela Howard, Ed.. Publisher: New York, Garland, 1990.
    Hearts of Men: American Dreams and the Flight from Commitment
Author: Ehrenreich, Barbara. Publisher: Garden City, NY, Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1983.
    Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
Author: May, Elaine. Publisher: New York, Basic Books, 1988.
    Jo Freeman.com
Jo Freeman, a prominent feminist scholar and author created this site. It features a selection of her articles including "The Feminist Movement," "Women in Society," "Women, Law and Public Policy," and "Social Protests in the Sixties." Also included: a photo gallery of historic photos of the civil rights vigil at the 1964 Democratic Convention, the June 1966 Meredith Mississippi March, Eugene McCarthy's 1968 presidential campaign, and the 1968 Democratic Convention. In addition, the site has images of from her large collection of political buttons, and links to other related sites.
Publisher: [s.l.], Jo Freeman, 200x.
    Liberty and Sexuality: The Right to Privacy and the Making of Roe v. Wade
Author: Garrow, David. Publisher: New York, NY, Maxwell Macmillan International, 1994.
    Not June Cleaver: Women and Gender in Postwar America, 1945-1960
Author: Meyerowitz, Joanne, ed.. Publisher: Phliadelphia, Temple University Press, 1994.
    On Account of Sex: The Politics of Women's Issues, 1945-1968
Author: Harrison, Cynthia Ellen. Publisher: Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1988.
    Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970
Author: D'Emilio, John. Publisher: Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1983.
    Sisterhood is Powerful: An Anthology of Writings from the Women's Liberation Movement
Author: Morgan, Robin, ed. Publisher: Garden City, NY, Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1984.
    Stonewall
Author: Duberman, Martin B. Publisher: New York, NY, Dutton, 1993.
    The Encyclopedia of Women's History in America
This work is located in the Richter Library 1st floor Reference Collection.
Author: Cullen-DuPont, Kathryn. Publisher: New York, Facts on File, 1996.
    The Female Eunuch
A feminist classic that became an international bestseller.
Author: Greer, Germaine. Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill, 1971.
    The Feminine Mystique
Author: Friedan, Betty. Publisher: New York, NY, W.W. Norton, 1997.
    The Politics of Women's Liberation: A Case Study of an Emerging Social Movement and Its Relation to the Policy Process
Author: Freeman, Jo. Publisher: New York, NY, McKay, [1975].
    The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap
Author: Coontz, Stephanie. Publisher: New York, NY, BasicBooks, 1992.
    Women Strike for Peace: Traditional Motherhood and Radical Politics in the 1960s
Author: Swerdlow, Amy. Publisher: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press, 1993.





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