Summary Of Sisterhood Is Powerful
In America’s rebellious teenage years, also known as the 1960’s, a new era of personal expression and freedom was shaped as a spiteful reaction to the Vietnam War. In the midst of the cultural phenomenon that was the emerging counterculture of the 1960’s, a minority group was emerging for a second time. In fact, its label of a minority was arguable. Although females contributed to about half of America’s population, they struggled with their small voices and inability to be heard. After the major milestone marking the passage of the women’s suffrage amendment during first wave feminism in the 1920’s, women lived through forty years of weakened determination. Finally in December of 1961, the President’s Commission on the Status of Women
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Feminists’ ideas were now developed and shared through novels, magazines, music, and art. American feminist Kate Millett published her book Sexual Politics. It is a classic feminist text, said to be "the first book of academic feminist literary criticism" and "one of the first feminist books of this decade to raise nationwide male ire.” Sexual Politics was an important milestone for the feminist movement during the 1970s. It was also extremely controversial because it criticized the work of some very sexist male writers. Sisterhood Is Powerful: An Anthology of Writings from the Women 's Liberation Movement is also edited and published by the American feminist Robin Morgan. The book was soon a best seller, mostly because of the relatable essays, and historical documents related to the Women’s Liberation movement. It also provided contact information for feminist organizations. The book discussed the need for radical feminism, the discrimination women experienced from men in the political left, and the blatant sexism faced in the workplace. American feminist Susan Brownmiller also published the landmark book Against Our Will, which talked about rape. The book helped modernize attitudes towards the rape and placed it in the broader context of pervasive gender oppression. In 1995, the New York Public Library selected Against Her Will as one of the 100 most important books of the 20th century. She later became one of TIME 's "Women of the Year" in
Feminists’ ideas were now developed and shared through novels, magazines, music, and art. American feminist Kate Millett published her book Sexual Politics. It is a classic feminist text, said to be "the first book of academic feminist literary criticism" and "one of the first feminist books of this decade to raise nationwide male ire.” Sexual Politics was an important milestone for the feminist movement during the 1970s. It was also extremely controversial because it criticized the work of some very sexist male writers. Sisterhood Is Powerful: An Anthology of Writings from the Women 's Liberation Movement is also edited and published by the American feminist Robin Morgan. The book was soon a best seller, mostly because of the relatable essays, and historical documents related to the Women’s Liberation movement. It also provided contact information for feminist organizations. The book discussed the need for radical feminism, the discrimination women experienced from men in the political left, and the blatant sexism faced in the workplace. American feminist Susan Brownmiller also published the landmark book Against Our Will, which talked about rape. The book helped modernize attitudes towards the rape and placed it in the broader context of pervasive gender oppression. In 1995, the New York Public Library selected Against Her Will as one of the 100 most important books of the 20th century. She later became one of TIME 's "Women of the Year" in