Full name: In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution

Author: Susan Brownmiller Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Feminism, Non Fiction, Memoirs, History, Politics Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780385318310 0385318316

Male-only admissions policies. Back-alley abortions. The pervasive belief that rape was a woman's fault. These were the shocking conditions that stirred students, mothers, businesswomen, and grandmothers to activism in the latter half of the twentieth century. In this stirring memoir, Susan Brownmiller, feminist activist and author of the landmark work on rape, Against Our Will, draws upon her four decades on the front lines of the women's movement to chronicle the startling inequities, groundbreaking campaigns, and colorful cast of characters that ignited one of the most transformational movements in American history. In Our Time takes us behind the scenes to meet the passionate and provocative "foremothers" who steered the rising tide of feminism in America: Germaine Greer. Kate Millett. Betty Friedan. Gloria Steinem. Rita Mae Brown. And it reveals the real stories behind the headlines that heralded womankind's quest for freedom. The Miss America protest of 1968. The sit-in at the Ladies' Home Journal. Karla Jay's table-turning Wall Steer "Ogle-In." Lucy Komisar's "This Ad Insults Women" sticker campaign. The conception and creation of Ms. magazine. And every skirmish, standoff, and highlight of the thirty-year struggle for equality--as told by a woman who was at the center of the action. Similar books: Sisterhood, Interrupted by Deborah Siegel He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know by Jessica Valenti Full Frontal Feminism by Jessica Valenti The World Split Open by Ruth Rosen Feminism by Miriam Schneir The Whole Woman by Germaine Greer Women of Ideas by Dale Spender Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions by Gloria Steinem Moving Beyond Words by Gloria Steinem Fire with Fire by Naomi Wolf Sex Object by Jessica Valenti Meat Market by Laurie Penny The War Against Women by Marilyn French The Purity Myth by Jessica Valenti Manifesta by Jennifer Baumgardner My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg Between Two Worlds by Zainab Salbi The Country Under My Skin by Gioconda Belli Havana Real by Yoani Sanchez Against Our Will by Susan Brownmiller