An inspiring look at the politics of a generation through the words of one of the most iconic women of our time—Illuminating thirty-five years of activism in the United States.
"Women have never yet had a chance in all of history to make a revolution. But if we're going to lead, we have to become the change that we seek….The most impactful teachers, healers, and activists are always people who embody their politics."—Jane Fonda, September 2004
In 1970, at the height of an award-winning acting career, Jane Fonda took a sharp turn into politics. She would go on to play an influential role in the anti-Vietnam War movement and in nearly every subsequent movement for social justice in the United States. In a frank and courageous voice, Fonda has provided powerful evidence of the potential for linking the personal with the political.
Jane Fonda's words have incited, enraged, and inspired millions. This volume collects Fonda's most stirring public statements from 1970 through 2005 , in speeches, interviews, and articles from over thirty years of tireless campaigning against war and militarism, and on behalf of women's rights, women's health, feminism, and the environment.
Historian Mary Hershberger has culled Fonda's spoken and written words from a range of little-known and previously inaccessible sources, including the declassified FBI files obtained by Fonda herself in a federal lawsuit, and from antiwar movement archives that have never been made available to a general public. Hershberger provides a brief introduction to each selection, placing it in historical and biographical context.
Included in the volume are:
• Fonda's leading antiwar speeches from the early 1970s from the historical archives of the Indochina Peace Campaign and other peace groups
• The FBI transcripts of Fonda's Radio Hanoi broadcasts in 1972
• The transcript of Fonda's press conference in Paris after her Hanoi trip
• Speeches and interviews on behalf of the antinuclear movement in the 1970s and 1980s
• A fascinating 1984 interview with Erica Jong
• Speeches and interviews on feminism, international women's rights, and girls' self-esteem
• Fonda's most recent speeches against the war in Iraq.
"Women have never yet had a chance in all of history to make a revolution. But if we're going to lead, we have to become the change that we seek….The most impactful teachers, healers, and activists are always people who embody their politics."—Jane Fonda, September 2004
In 1970, at the height of an award-winning acting career, Jane Fonda took a sharp turn into politics. She would go on to play an influential role in the anti-Vietnam War movement and in nearly every subsequent movement for social justice in the United States. In a frank and courageous voice, Fonda has provided powerful evidence of the potential for linking the personal with the political.
Jane Fonda's words have incited, enraged, and inspired millions. This volume collects Fonda's most stirring public statements from 1970 through 2005 , in speeches, interviews, and articles from over thirty years of tireless campaigning against war and militarism, and on behalf of women's rights, women's health, feminism, and the environment.
Historian Mary Hershberger has culled Fonda's spoken and written words from a range of little-known and previously inaccessible sources, including the declassified FBI files obtained by Fonda herself in a federal lawsuit, and from antiwar movement archives that have never been made available to a general public. Hershberger provides a brief introduction to each selection, placing it in historical and biographical context.
Included in the volume are:
• Fonda's leading antiwar speeches from the early 1970s from the historical archives of the Indochina Peace Campaign and other peace groups
• The FBI transcripts of Fonda's Radio Hanoi broadcasts in 1972
• The transcript of Fonda's press conference in Paris after her Hanoi trip
• Speeches and interviews on behalf of the antinuclear movement in the 1970s and 1980s
• A fascinating 1984 interview with Erica Jong
• Speeches and interviews on feminism, international women's rights, and girls' self-esteem
• Fonda's most recent speeches against the war in Iraq.
