Jane Fonda's Words of Politics and Passion

by Hershberger, Mary

• ISBN13: 9781595582171
• ISBN10: 1595582177
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-30
• Publisher: New Pr

Summary

Hailed as a "treasure trove of Fonda's public statements" (Ms. Magazine), Jane Fonda's Words of Politics and Passion takes an inspiring look at the politics of a generation through the words of one of the most iconic American women of our time. At the height of an award-winning, acting career, Fonda took a turn into politics. This powerful collection bring together speeches, interviews, and articles from more than thirty years of tireless campaigning against war and militarism and on behalf of women's rights, women's health, feminism, and the environment.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Permissions	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Political Awakening
Why a Movie Star Became a Peace Activist	p. 3
From Fantasy to Radicalism	p. 5
Finding Politics in Film	p. 8
Against War
Radio Hanoi Broadcasts
Dikes in the Red River Delta	p. 23
Ruins of Nam Dinh	p. 25
POWs Call for Peace	p. 28
"I Didn't Think of That"	p. 30
Traitors and Patriots	p. 34
Living Up to Our Country's Ideals	p. 37
A Vietnam Journal: Birth of a Nation	p. 42
Looking Back on Vietnam	p. 54
For Girls (and Boys)
Global Education for Girls and Women	p. 69
Speaking Out for Justice	p. 79
Sex and Destiny	p. 84
Real Boys and Good Girls	p. 92
Preventing Teen Pregnancy	p. 98
For Women (and Men)
All the Joys of a Woman in Childbirth	p. 113
Putting Women at the Center	p. 115
The New Feminism: Reuniting the Head, the Heart and the Body	p. 22
Female Empowerment and the Battle over Reproductive Rights	p. 136
Fighting Margaret Sanger's Battle	p. 140
Against the Realists	p. 142
My Third Act	p. 147
Women and Men and the Head/Heart Business	p. 153
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