ProLife Feminism: Yesterday and Today [Paperback]

Mary Krane Derr (Editor), Rachel MacNair (Editor), Linda Naranjo-Huebl (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1995

A compilation of feminist writing on the issue of abortion from the 19th century to the present.

Product Details

• Paperback: 311 pages
• Publisher: Sulzburger & Graham Publishing Ltd.; 1st edition (November 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0945819625
• ISBN-13: 978-0945819622
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,719,547 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pro-woman does NOT mean pro-abortion!, July 23, 2002

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Lara McClintock (Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ProLife Feminism: Yesterday and Today (Paperback)

What an eye-opener to see that the feminist foremothers did not support anything like the abortion-supporting and male-bashing "feminism" of today; but they were instead women who valued love and equality in marriage, and who valued the lives of both mother and child in a crisis pregnancy. Far from being motivated to oppose abortion by a concern about the mother's health alone, they saw the deaths of the unborn children and the risks the mothers took as evidence of problems women faced in society instead of any part of the solution to them.

It's long past time for women who value our freedoms and our rights to read this book and others like it, and recognize that preserving our rights does not mean supporting the taking away of the lives of our unborn sisters and daughters. It's not us vs. them. We can do much, much better for us *and* them.

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must-read, especially for those who don't want to!, March 9, 1998

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This review is from: ProLife Feminism: Yesterday and Today (Paperback)

I found this book to be the missing link between the pioneering feminist advocacy of yesteryear and today's female-dominated pro-life movement. It effectively challenges the notion that feminists must, indeed CAN, defend abortion as a means of securing women's full emancipation.

The book's credibility lies in the presentation of the information. Rather than simply asserting that our feminist forebears believed such-and-such, the editors present these women in their very own words and in full context, leaving no room for speculation about exactly what they said and why.

This book ought to be required reading in every women's studies program, though the challenge it presents to neo-feminist orthodoxy is the very reason why it probably won't be.

18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Abortion Exploits Women!, December 22, 2000

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C.J.A. (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: ProLife Feminism: Yesterday and Today (Paperback)

For a few decades now, some so-called "feminists" have promoted the idea that legal abortion is necessary to the emancipation of women--even more important, they claim, than the right to vote. But real feminists, in the classic feminist tradition of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Alice Paul, recognize that abortion actually perpetuates the marginalization, exploitation, and abuse of women. Want to learn how? Read this book! For further reading, check out Pro-Life Feminism: Different Voices, also available through Amazon.com.