Tales from the Trenches Politics and Practice in Feminist Service Organizations

by Kravetz, Diane

• ISBN13: 9780761827733
• ISBN10: 0761827730
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-15
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Tales from the Trenches: Politics and Practice in Feminist Service Organizations examines the political visions and experiences of women who created five feminist service organizations in the 1970s. These organizations included a shelter for battered women, a rape crisis center, a rape-prevention ride service, a residential facility for female offenders, and a statewide organization for chemically dependent women. Based primarily on interviews with 57 founders, staff, volunteers, and/or board members, the book traces into the mid-1980s how women translated their understandings of radical feminist ideology into goals, social change strategies, services, and organizational structures.

Author Biography

Diane Kravetz is Associate Director and Director of the Under-graduate Program in the School of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	1	(26)
1 The Founding of Five Feminist Service Organizations	27	(22)
2 The Defining Principles of Feminist Service Organizations	49	(19)
3 Promoting an Equality Based on Difference	68	(19)
4 Building a Sisterhood Based on Difference	87	(17)
5 The Impact of Funders and Fund-Raising	104	(13)
6 Providing Social Services/Pursuing Social Change	117	(27)
7 Developing Feminist Organizational Structures	144	(39)
Conclusion	183	(22)
Bibliography	205	(16)
Index	221	(6)
About the Author	227