Revolutionary feminists : the women's liberation movement in Seattle / Barbara Winslow.

Author/creator Winslow, Barbara, 1945- author.
Format Book
PublicationDurham ; London : Duke University Press, 2023.
Descriptionxiii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Winslow, Barbara, 1945-
African American feminists--Washington (State). --Seattle. --History. --20th century.
African American women political activists--Washington (State). --Seattle. --History. --20th century.
Feminists--Washington (State). --Seattle. --History. --20th century.
Women political activists--Washington (State). --Seattle. --History. --20th century.
Feminism--Washington (State). --Seattle. --History. --20th century. --Sources.
Civil rights movements--Washington (State). --Seattle. --History. --20th century. --Sources.
Women's rights--United States. --History. --20th century. --Sources.

Contents It's reigning men -- From the woman question to women's liberation -- Let him her live [the word "him" is crossed out] -- Freed up and fired up -- The rising of the women -- Antiwar, antidraft, and anti-imperialist feminist activism -- The multiplicity of us -- Flow and ebb -- Appendix: Seattle activists : where are they now?
Abstract "Revolutionary Feminists tells the story of the radical women's liberation movement in Seattle during the 1960s and 1970s from the perspective of one of its founding members, Barbara Winslow. Drawing on her collection of letters, pamphlets, and photographs as well as newspapers accounts, autobiographies, and interviews, she emphasizes the vital role that Black women played in the women's liberation movement to create meaningful intersectional coalitions in an overwhelmingly White city. Winslow brings the voices and visions of those she calls the movement's "ecstatic utopians" to life. She charts their short-term successes and lasting achievements, from organizing women at work and campaigning for subsidized childcare to creating women-centered rape crisis centers, health clinics, and self-defense programs. The movement was central to winning the first popular vote in the United States to liberalize abortion laws. Despite these achievements, Winslow critiques the failure of its White members to listen to Black, Latina, Indigenous, and AAPI feminist activists. Reflecting on the movement's accomplishments and shortcomings, Winslow offers a model for contemporary feminist activism"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Winslow, Barbara, 1945- Revolutionary feminists. Durham : Duke University Press, 2023 1478024496
LCCN 2022045549
ISBN9781478019916 (paperback)
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ISBN9781478017219 (hardcover)
ISBN147801721X (hardcover)
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