Books:
Ellen DuBois & Vicki Ruiz, ed.: Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader, 2001. London: Routledge 3rd Ed. Chapters 1,8,13,14,15,17,18,19,24,26,27,29,31,32,33,34,35,37,38. (330 pp.).
Ruth Rosen: The World Split Open: How the Modern Women's Movement Changed America, (Paperback, 444 pp. $9.60 Amazon).
Baxandall & Gordon, eds.: Dear Sisters: Dispatches from the Women's Liberation Movement, (Paperback, 336 pp. $15.20).
Rachel Blau Duplessis (Editor) et al: The Feminist Memoir Project: Voices from Women's Liberation, (Paperback - November 1998. 464 pp. Excerpts).
Articles in Compendium:
The Compendium NORAM4506 - History of American Women's Movements will be available from Kopiutsalget, Akademika, at the beginning of term.
- Alice Kessler-Harris, "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission vs. Sears, Roebuck and Company: A Personal Account", Unequal Sisters, 2nd Ed, Chapter 34
- "Highjacking a Noble Cause: How Modern Feminism Has Abandoned its Founders", Bevery Lahaye Institute (Anti-Feminist think tank connected to Concerned Women for America) http://www.csfa.org 2005
- Jo Freeman, The Politics of Women's Liberation, Longman, 1975. pp.12-70
- Paula Baker, "The Domestication of Politics: Women and American Political Society, 1780-1920", in Unequal Sisters, 2nd Ed, Chapter 7
In addition, students will find and read one article in a professional journal on the early woman's movement of the 19th century, to be approved.
Via email:
- A variety of book reviews from H-women discussion list.
Internet:
The student must also be familiar with the following sites on the internet:
- Center for the American Woman and Politics
- Schlessinger collection