Significant Contemporary American Feminists: A Biographical Sourcebook

by Scanlon, Jennifer

• ISBN13: 9780313301254
• ISBN10: 0313301255
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-02-28
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

The history of the second wave of feminism in the United States demonstrates the potential for both serious social change and seemingly intractable divisions among women. Race, ethnicity, social class, sexual orientation, and religion have all been dividing influences among women, shaping their various perspectives on and relations to the women's movement. Yet collectively, women's efforts--identified as second wave feminism--are seen as having made a difference. This book highlights the lives and work of fifty second wave feminists, women who have served as catalysts in the developing feminist movement. A diverse group--playwrights and politicians, grassroots organizers and scientists, poets and theologians--they provide the reader with compelling stories of individual women's lives, collective feminist struggles, and the possibilities of feminist social change. Each woman's story provides inspiration to those interested in the power of one, and collectively, the stories show the range of motivations, activities, and accomplishments of feminist thinkers and activists today. Each entry contains three parts: a biographical portrait of the individual, including information about education, family life, and early activism; an analytical discussion, highlighting the person's accomplishments and her relationship to U.S. feminism; and a bibliographical section containing a selective list of the subject's publications and writings about her and her work.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi	(2)
Introduction	xiii
BELLA ABZUG	1	(7)
Mary L. Ertel
PAULA GUNN ALLEN	8	(6)
Gonul Pultar
GLORIA ANZALDUA	14	(8)
Judith Richards
FRANCES BEALE	22	(6)
Marina Karides
Joya Misra
RITA MAE BROWN	28	(8)
Julie A. Davies
CHARLOTTE BUNCH	36	(8)
Viki Soady
PAT CALIFIA	44	(7)
Lisa Sigel
JUDY CHICAGO	51	(4)
Beatriz Badikian-Gartler
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM	55	(5)
Frederick J. Simonelli
ESTHER NGAN-LING CHOW	60	(6)
Linda Wong
PEARL CLEAGE	66	(7)
Linda Rohrer Paige
KATE CLINTON	73	(6)
Annmarie Pinarski
MARY DALY	79	(7)
Margaret R. LaWare
ANGELA DAVIS	86	(7)
Jennifer Oldham
SUSAN FALUDI	93	(5)
Ann Mauger Colbert
SHULAMITH FIRESTONE	98	(6)
Karen Garner
JO FREEMAN	104	(7)
Jennifer Scanlon
BETTY FRIEDAN	111	(7)
Susan Butler
RUTH BADER GINSBURG	118	(7)
Gwenn Brown Nealis
BELL HOOKS	125	(8)
Lara E. Dieckmann
DOLORES HUERTA	133	(5)
Nerea A. LLamas
JUNE JORDAN	138	(7)
Nikki Senecal
EVELYN FOX KELLER	145	(5)
Anne F. Eisenberg
FLORYNCE KENNEDY	150	(6)
Cheryl Rodriguez
AUDRE LORDE	156	(7)
Lara E. Dieckmann
CATHARINE MACKINNON	163	(11)
Eileen Bresnahan
OLGA MADAR	174	(7)
Amy Beth Aronson
WILMA MANKILLER	181	(7)
Michaela Crawford Reaves
DEL MARTIN	188	(6)
Danielle DeMuth
KATE MILLETT	194	(7)
Nancy McCampbell Grace
CHERRIE MORAGA	201	(5)
Grace Sikorski
ROBIN MORGAN	206	(7)
Stacey Donohue
PAULI MURRAY	213	(5)
Uche Egemonye
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON	218	(5)
Tracy Wahl
ALICE PAUL	223	(8)
Amy Butler
ANNA QUINDLEN	231	(7)
Carolyn Kitch
ADRIENNE RICH	238	(7)
Sioban Dillon
FAITH RINGGOLD	245	(6)
Ann Lee Morgan
ROSEMARY RUETHER	251	(6)
Beth Blissman
JOANNA RUSS	257	(7)
Jeanne Cortiel
PATRICIA SCHROEDER	264	(7)
John R. Nealis
ELEANOR SMEAL	271	(8)
Pat Murphy
BARBARA SMITH	279	(4)
Jaime M. Grant
GLORIA STEINEM	283	(7)
Ann Mauger Colbert
MARGO ST. JAMES	290	(7)
Diane L. McKay
ALICE WALKER	297	(8)
Angela Cotten
REBECCA WALKER	305	(6)
Jennifer Kohout
MICHELE WALLACE	311	(6)
Viki Soady
SARAH WEDDINGTON	317	(10)
Susan L. Patnode
ELLEN WILLIS	327	(8)
Deborah J. Gepner Salvaggio
Selected Bibliography	335	(6)
Index	341	(14)
About the Editor and Contributors	355