Date Posted:15:23:34 04/03/03 Thu Author: Hilary Subject: Ch.32 Womens Liberation
*majority of feminists were apart of the younger, affluent, white, educated women
*apart of the counter culture and the New Left
*some involved in civil rights and anti-war crusade
*new peices of literature come out with feminist ideas and a critique of American Society
-Kate Millett's Sexual Politics (1969)
-Shulamith Firestone's the Dialectic of Sex (1970)
subtitled "The case for feminist revolution"
*Women's liberation movement inspired the creation of communities that could challenge discrimination and sexism
*feminists opened womens bookstore, bars, and coffee shops.
