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Pages in category "Feminist organizations in the United States" The following 135 pages are in this category, out of 135 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Feminist literature is fiction or nonfiction which supports the feminist goals of defining, establishing and defending equal civil, political, economic and social rights for women. It often identifies women's roles as unequal to those of men – particularly as regards status, privilege and power – and generally portrays the consequences to ...
These clubs, most of which had started out as social literary gatherings, eventually became a source of reform for various issues in the U.S. Both African-American and white women's clubs were involved with issues surrounding education, temperance, child labor, juvenile justice, legal reform, environmental protection, library creation and more. [3]
However, this narrow definition of female empowerment was exclusive and not intended to be long-lasting. Women of color were the last to be considered for high paying industrial jobs. African American women were stuck doing domestic work for $3-$7 a week compared to white women earning up to $40 a week in factories. [25]
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American feminist organization. Founded in 1966, it is legally a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. The organization consists of 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and in Washington, D.C. [5] It is the largest feminist organization in the United States with around 500,000 members. [6]
Daring to Be Bad: Radical Feminism in America, 1967–1975, Alice Echols (1990) "God Is a Woman and She Is Growing Older", Margaret Wenig (1990) Journal of Women, Politics & Policy (1990–present) Mercy, Andrea Dworkin (1990) The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory, Carol J. Adams (1990) "Who Says We Haven't Made a ...
In the 1970s women of color worked mainly on three fronts, "working with white dominated feminist groups; forming women's caucuses in existing mixed-gender organizations; and forming autonomous Black, Latina, Native American, and Asian feminist organizations" [26] The perspective of Multiracial Feminism attempts to go beyond a mere recognition ...
Pages in category "Feminist literature" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. ... List of American feminist literature; ... a non-profit ...