The Politics of Women's Studies: Testimony from Thirty Founding Mothers

ISBN 10: 1558612416 / ISBN 13: 9781558612419

Published by Feminist Press, 2000

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Synopsis:

How women's studies was born--in the words of its founders.

Review: "Now let us praise the famous and not-so-famous academic-activists who founded women's studies as a vital discipline within the humanities and higher education! A marvelous series of individual accounts by pioneering feminists captures and exhilaration of past achievements, of future challenges." --Susan Gubar, coauthor of The Madwoman in the Attic

"These narratives clearly reveal clarity of purpose and superb organizational skills, punctuated by flashes of humor, as women's studies' founding mothers devised and implemented subversive and creative means to their transformational ends. How fortunate the world of feminist research and teaching is to have this first-hand testimony and reflection on the origins of women's studies, even as it moves into a new century." --Toni A. H. McNaron, author of Poisoned Ivy: Lesbian and Gay Academics Confronting Homophobia

"The Politics of Women's Studies is an extraordinary collection that takes me back to the 1970s and the struggle to find a place for black women in the curriculum, to the excitement of the 1977 founding convention of the National Women's Studies Association where I stood in arms with the emerging women of color caucus, and to the heady days of the 1980s" --Patricia Bell-Scott, co-editor of But Some of Us Are Brave

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Politics of Women's Studies: Testimony ...
Publisher: Feminist Press
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket