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The Feminist Memoir Project: Voices from Women's Liberation Paperback – January 30, 2007

by Rachel Blau DuPlessis (Editor), Ann Snitow (Editor)

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The women of The Feminist Memoir Project give voice to the spirit, the drive, and the claims of the Women's Liberation Movement they helped shape, beginning in the late 1960s. These thirty-two writers were among the thousands to jump-start feminism in the late twentieth century. Here, in pieces that are passionate, personal, critical, and witty, they describe what it felt like to make history, to live through and contribute to the massive social movement that transformed the nation.

What made these particular women rebel? And what experiences, ideas, feelings, and beliefs shaped their activism? How did they maintain the will and energy to keep such a struggle going for so long, and continuing still?

Memoirs and responses by Kate Millett, Vivian Gornick, Michele Wallace, Alix Kates Shulman, Joan Nestle, Jo Freeman, Yvonne Rainer, Barbara Smith, Ellen Willis, Eve Ensler, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Roxanne Dunbar, Naomi Weisstein, Alice Wolfson and many more embody the excitement that fueled the movement and the conflicts that threatened it from within. Their stories trace the ways the world has changed.

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"The Feminist Memoir Project has put back in the historical record dozens of urgent voices that were on the verge of being lost forever. What a fascinating, vital-and vitally important book."

(Katha Pollitt 2001-01-01)

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The women of The Feminist Memoir Project give voice to the spirit, the drive, and the claims of the Women's Liberation Movement they helped shape, beginning in the late 1960s. These thirty-two writers were among the thousands to jump-start feminism in the late twentieth century. Here, in pieces that are passionate, personal, critical, and witty, they describe what it felt like to make history, to live through and contribute to the massive social movement that transformed the nation. What made these particular women rebel? And what experiences, ideas, feelings, and beliefs shaped their activism? How did they maintain the will and energy to keep such a struggle going for so long, and continuing still? Memoirs and responses by Kate Millett, Vivian Gornick, Michele Wallace, Alix Kates Shulman, Joan Nestle, Jo Freeman, Yvonne Rainer, Barbara Smith, Ellen Willis, Eve Ensler, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Roxanne Dunbar, Naomi Weisstein, Alice Wolfson and many more embody the excitement that fueled the movement and the conflicts that threatened it from within. Their stories trace the ways the world has changed.Rachel Blau DuPlessis is a professor of English and women's studies at Temple University and lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ann Snitow is a professor of literature and gender studies at The New School for Social Research and lives in New York City.

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Paperback: 560 pages
Publisher: Rutgers University Press (January 30, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0813539730
ISBN-13: 978-0813539737
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.2 x 8.5 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,134,507 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #588 in Books > Literature & Fiction > History & Criticism > Women Authors
- #761 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Women's Studies > Women Writers
- #2313 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Women's Studies > Feminist Theory

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Has gross errors and leave outs in its history chronology.

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March 6, 2001

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I bought this book suspecting I should have been born in the 1950's so I could participate in the second wave of feminism. After reading the thoughfull essays in this anthology, I came away even more convinced that I was right.
As depressing as some of the circumstances seem by todays standards, these women surmounted impossible odds, and for that, I am profoundly gratefull and only wish I could have been there to help out. Having been born in 1979, I cannot imagine how exhillarating this movement was.
From fighting to legalize abortion and contraceptive information, to the women's health movement to debates over sexuality and equal rights, the modern feminist movement (matched only by the civil rights movement for breadth and impact) has had the most imediate impact on American society.
The fact that most people (women and men) support these goals and take their victory for granted shows both how successful feminists have been in the battle, and how much we still need to do to preserve our ground while working on new areas.
Because women's history remains largely unsung in public schools, we need more books like this to educate (and hopefully) inspire the next generation of feminist activists.

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J. Van Ingen

interesting memoirs marred by tiresome editors

July 22, 2008

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A lot of the personal essays in here from women who were on the frontlines of the `70s feminism are interesting. But the editors are tiresome. The best thing that can be said is they didn't get out of their own way. Their "dissection" of people's personal lives is unnecessary--readers (especially the college-aged readers this book is undoubtedly intended for) are intelligent enough to form their own conclusions. And why do the editors focus solely on black and white relations--what about Latinos, Asians, Native Americans, and Arabs? And why not a single essay from a feminist with a disability?

Also, the editors disbelief at one of the memoirists' moving story about marching in the civil rights movement with her father is especially offensive.

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May 6, 2000

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Though many feel that women in the feminist movement have done their good deed and now they can just go away, I FEEL a book of this caliber is just what we need to remember! Why is it that in school we are forced to drool over war heros, blood and the lifes lost to senseless wars like Vietnam and when it comes to the womens peaceful movement (which could be accountable for the mass shift UP in overall economics, women working is a good thing) we are not allowed to remember! Read this book and discover truth. side note: I grew up in the 70's 80's and feel I may be the only woman of my generation who feels so strongly with such a thirst for these essays. Am I alone out here?

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