Summary Of Origins Of The Women's Liberation Movement By Jo Freeman

Jo Freeman wrote a piece in the American Journal of Sociology in January of 1973 called The Origins of the Women’s Liberation Movement. Freeman was an American feminist who worked for civil liberties and civil rights and got involved in the women’s liberation movement in the early stages. She not only worked towards women’s equal rights and civil rights but she lived it firsthand. In her piece in the American Journal of Sociology she stated her argument for how women were not treated fairly, however the government felt there were more pressing issues than women’s rights. She also talked about the creation multiple groups and organization as well as how the women’s movement lacked communication between these groups and organizations, pointing