Radical Feminism: A Documentary Reader

Rather than have the movement be interpreted by others, this text permits the original work of radical feminists to speak for itself. Comprised of pivotal documents written by US radical feminists in the 1960s and 70s, the book combines both unpublished and previously published manifestos, position papers, minutes of meetings, and newsletters essential to an understanding of radical feminism. The collection is organized around the key issues of sex and sexuality, race, children, lesbianism, separatism, and class. Barbara Crow rescues the groundbreaking original work of such groups as The Furies, Redstockings, Cell 16, and the Women’s Liberation Movement. Contributors include Kate Millet, Susan Brownmiller, Shulamith Firestone, Rosalyn Baxandall, Toni Morrison, Ellen Willis, Anne Koett, and Vivian Gornick,